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F*ck Cancer: A KEXP Video Roundup

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Sharon Jones

Sharon Jones // photo by Matthew B. Thompson

On Thursday, March 2nd, KEXP presents Music Heals, a collaboration with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy Center dedicated to the power of music to lift our spirits and heal our souls in the face of cancer. From 6 AM to 6 PM, John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole will tell the stories shared with us by members of our community and work in the songs that helped them through the healing process either emotionally or physically. Sadly, many of those songwriters themselves have been taken from us due to cancer. KEXP honors these artists; the list below, tragically, only scratches the surface of talented musicians who’ve succumbed to this horrible disease. If you’d like to share your own story and song choice with us, you can call 302-316-5397 or e-mail john@kexp.org.


Sharon Jones // passed November 18, 2016, age 60 from pancreatic cancer


David Bowie // passed January 10, 2016, age 69 from liver cancer


Thomas Fekete // passed May 31, 2016, age 27 from a rare, aggressive form of cancer


Benjamin Curtis // passed December 29, 2013, age 35 from t-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma



Carey Lander // passed October 11, 2015, age 33 from bone cancer


MCA (Adam Yauch) // passed May 4, 2012, age 47 from parotid gland cancer


Joey Ramone // passed April 15, 2001, age 49 from lymphatic cancer
Johnny Ramone // passed September 15, 2004, age 55 from prostate cancer
Tommy Ramone // passed July 11, 2014, age 65 from bile duct cancer


Lemmy Kilmister // passed December 28, 2015, age 70 from prostate cancer


Leonard Cohen // passed November 7, 2016, age 82 from a fall, with cancer listed as contributing cause.


George Harrison // passed November 29, 2001, age 58 from laryngeal cancer


Karl Mueller // passed June 17, 2005, age 41 from throat cancer


Lou Rawls // passed January 6, 2006, age 72 from lung cancer


Syd Barrett // passed July 7, 2006, age 60 from pancreatic cancer


Ari Up // passed October 20, 2010, age 48 from breast cancer


Poly Styrene // passed April 25, 2011, age 53 from breast cancer


Gil Ray // passed January 24, 2017, age 60


Arthur Lee // passed August 3, 2006, age 61 from leukemia


Arthur Kane // passed July 13, 2004, age 55 from leukemia


Etta James // passed January 20, 2012, age 73 from leukemia


Bob Marley // passed May 11, 1981, age 36 from acral lentiginous melanoma


Alan Myers // passed June 24, 2013, age 58 from stomach cancer


Andy Hummel // passed July 19, 2010, age 59


Philip Chevron // passed October 8, 2013, age 56 from esophageal cancer


Patty Donahue // passed December 9, 1996, age 40 from lung cancer


Sterling Morrison // passed August 30, 1995, age 53 from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma


Gerard Smith // passed April 20, 2011, age 36 from lung cancer

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