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Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw reveals he’s cancer-free after pair of diagnoses

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Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw reveals he’s cancer-free after pair of diagnoses

Terry Bradshaw announced Sunday that he has been battling cancer over the past year.

The former quarterback who led the Steelers to four championships in the 1970s and the current Fox NFL analyst shared the news during his network’s pregame show ahead of the early afternoon slate of games.

He was prompted to reveal his diagnoses of two forms of cancer after viewers noted that he sounded winded reading highlights during Fox’s coverage of games last week. But he told viewers that he currently has a clean bill of health.

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“I just want to address it and let you know what’s happened in my life,” Bradshaw said. “In November, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I went to the Yale University Medical Center. Surgery. Treatment. As of today, I am bladder cancer-free. All right? That’s the good news.

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“Then in March, feeling good, I had a bad neck. I get an MRI. Now we find a tumor in my left neck. And it’s a Merkel cell tumor, which is a rare form of skin cancer. So I had that surgery done at MD Anderson in Houston. 

“Folks, I may not look like my old self, but I feel like my old self. I’m cancer-free. I’m feeling great, and over time, I’m going to be back to where I normally am. So I appreciate your prayers and your concerns.”

Bradshaw has been a mainstay in football and in the culture since leaving the Steelers in the early 1980s.

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In addition to his Fox duties, he’s also appeared in movies and starred in his own reality series in recent years on the E! Network in recent years.

The third season of his reality show — “The Bradshaw Bunch” — has not yet been announced. Bradshaw told PopCulture.com last February that scheduling issues were the reason. It’s not clear whether the cancer diagnoses may have been an issue as well.

Adam Bittner: abittner@post-gazette.com and Twitter @fugimaster24.

First Published: October 2, 2022, 6:10 p.m.
Updated: October 3, 2022, 10:14 a.m.

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