The Hey Hey It’s Saturday star had already once endured a battle with cancer before the new revelation.
TV and radio star John Blackman, 74, is currently suffering from a new, life-threatening cancer diagnosis.
Revealing the news on his social media, Blackman said:
“Four weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a very unexpected bone cancer on the top of my noggin and the possibility of brain cancer beneath (yes, I actually do have a brain). This was the same aggressive cancer that took my jaw four years ago.
“Happily, the cancer, if there is a happy side to cancer, was spreading up and down and not in multiple directions. This could have made surgery improbable.
“Following PET and CAT scans and a radioactive MRI, my plastic surgeon Frank consulted with my neurosurgeon, Patrick, and together they devised a plan of attack.
“Both are eminent in their fields and professionally precise who have worked on several similar surgeries together. They were very confident of success.
“The cancer infected bone has gone and been replaced with a titanium mesh cover; a skin graft has replaced all of the skin on top of my head; and brain biopsies taken during surgery are clear”
Blackman underwent a successful eight hour surgery at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital, and is soon to start radiotherapy.
Speaking with The Morning Show, entertainment journalist Peter Ford revealed he had talked with Blackman via phone upon hearing the news.
Ford said:
“John is very stoic, very positive. As indeed is his wife Cecile, she’s an amazing woman, she’s really John’s rock. They’re both beautiful people.
“Horrible things shouldn’t happen to beautiful people, but unfrotuantely they do.”
Speaking to Blackman’s role in Hey Hey It’s Saturday, The Morning Show co-host Larry Emdur described Blackman as “funny”, “clever” and a “great performer”.
Ford then urged viewers to send messages of support to Blackman via a contact form at blackman.com.au.
