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Friday, November 17, 2017

Walter Becker's Wife Says He Died from Esophageal Cancer

The wife of Walter Becker says the Steely Dan guitarist died while being treated for esophageal cancer.

Becker died at age 67 in September, but no details were revealed at the time.

Delia Becker says in a statement Wednesday that he "died in the course of being treated" for esophageal cancer. She added that the cancer "seemed to have come out of nowhere and had spread with terrifying speed."

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a nasty cancer to have. Never a good prognosis. My uncle died of that kind of cancer even though he had the absolute best medical care from Duke University Hospital.

Anonymous said...

My best friend died of it last year. It was a brutal progression.