Country singer-songwriter Toby Keith died on Monday at 62. His stomach cancer was diagnosed in 2021.
The statement says about Toby, “He fought his fight with grace and courage,”. He declared his cancer diagnosis in 2022.
“A range of symptoms, some of which could easily be passed off as, ‘Oh, I’m having heartburn, or that food just didn’t agree with me.’ So some of these symptoms can go unnoticed or associated with other things,” said Dr. Pamela Kunz, the director of the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.
That is the reason why stomach cancer is so aggressive.
His total survival rate is approximately 36%, with 60% of patients being males in their late 60s, according to Dr. Salner.
He was known for his unmistakable positive energy on post-9/11 songs like “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” and boisterous barroom tunes like “I Love This Bar” and “Red Solo Cup.”
Among his 20 No. 1 Billboard popular hits were “How Do You Like Me Now?!,” “As Good As I Once Was,””My List,” and “Beer for My Horses,” a duet with Willie Nelson. His influence was on other average new songwriters like Merle Haggard, and he counted in excess of 60 singles on the Hot Country chart over his vocation.
Throughout his cancer treatments, Keith continued to perform, recently performing in Las Vegas in December. He sang his song and also performed at the People’s Choice Country Awards in 2023 on the song “Don’t Let the Old Man In.”
“Cancer is a roller coaster,” he told KWTV during an interview. “You just sit here and wait for it to go away. It might never go away.”
Keith worked as a roughneck in the oil fields of Oklahoma as a young fellow, then played semi-pro football prior to becoming a professional singer.
Keith said to The Associated Press in 2001, “I write about life, and I sing about life, and I don’t overanalyze things,” following the success of his song “I’m Just Talking About Tonight.”
Keith learned many good lessons in the oil fields, which toughened him and showed him the real value of money.
Keith told the AP in 1996, “The money to be made was unbelievable,.” As he continues “I came out of high school in 1980, and they gave me this job in December of 1979, $50,000 a year. I was 18 years old.”
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