Kenny Rogers shared his skin cancer surgery with a picture captioned with "but you should see the other guy!" today on Instagram. The 75-year-old country legend was in good humor, but he wasn't all jokes. He shared a bit of wisdom about the most common form of cancer in the United States when he continued with, "Had a bit of skin cancer removed today — I recommend everyone go get checked, especially since May is National Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month. Don't worry though, I'm gonna look great in Knoxville this weekend!" Over 2 million people are diagnosed each year and the Skin Cancer Foundation shares that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.
Rogers joins an impressive list of celebs that have been diagnosed with skin cancer:
- Anderson Cooper had a cancerous mole under his eye removed
- Former President Bill Clinton had basal cell skin cancer on his back
- Actress Elizabeth Taylor had basal cell carcinoma on her cheek and radiation therapy was used to treat it
- Actor Ewan McGregor had a concerous mole under his eye removed
- Hugh Jackman was diagnosed with skin cancer on his nose just last week
- Senator John McCain has had three melamonas removed - tow on his arm and one on his temple
- Former First Lady Laura Bush had squamous cell carcinoma on her leg
- Reality TV star Lisa Gastineau went under the knife twice for skin cancer - once for basal cell carcinoma inside her nose and once for melanoma on her thigh
- Actress Melanie Griffith had skin cancer on her face
- Actress Michelle Monaghan had a cancerous mole on the back of her leg
- Regis Philbin had skin cancert removed from his hand and face
- Actor Ryan O'Neal had melanoma on his nose removed shortly after being diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 2012
- News Anchorman Sam Donaldson had multiple melanoma lesions removed after a tumor in a lymph node in his groin was discovered
- Former NFL Quarterback Troy Aikman had a maligant melanoma removed
- Actor William H. Macy had a basal-cell carcinoma removed from his nose
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