Morrissey Goes on the Record Regarding His Health
“I have had four cancer-scrapings, but so what. If I die, I die,” he wrote in characteristic fashion. “If I don’t, then I don’t. As I sit here today I feel very well.” He elaborated, “I know I look quite bad on recent photographs, but I am afraid this is what illness does to the overall countenance. I will save relaxation for when I’m dead”
The former Smiths frontman cancelled part of his U.S. tour, while being treated for a respiratory infection this past June. He also canceled 22 U.S. concerts last year due to ill health. Recent ailments with which the 55-year old singer was known to be contending included pneumonia, an ulcer, Barrett’s esophagus, and anaemia.
He is currently touring Europe, and is working on a novel. On that latter project he commented, “I will be delighted to see it in print next year, and I might have no reason to sing again… which will make many people very happy.”
Being very Morrissey, he offered; “I have reached the age where making music is meant to be over… as in finished with… so many classical composers were dead at 34. So, I am still here, and nobody knows what to do with me, and a lot of people still want to listen to me.”
Morrissey’s considerable digital footprint — made up of social pages, fan pages, videos, music, photos, and more, with content from throughout his 30-plus-year career — can be explored by clicking his highlighted name above and visiting his PeekYou profile.
BBC News reports on this story here.