THROAT SURGERY FOR ELTON JOHN; ALL 1987 PERFORMANCES CANCELED
Rock singer Elton John, who had throat problems on his recent tour here, will undergo throat surgery and has canceled all 1987 performances including a U.S. tour, his publicist said Friday.
Patti Mostyn, a close friend of John and his promoter, said that the 39-year-old British entertainer will spend three to four days starting Monday in a private Australian hospital for the operation by one of the country’s top throat specialists.
“He’s relieved that at last something is being done,” she said, adding that John had seen four specialists in the past but his throat problem was never diagnosed.
“They never came up with anything,” she said. “The surgery is exploratory only. It’s something that has to be rectified.”
No details of the operation have been released, and Mostyn said the singer had asked that the hospital’s identity be kept secret.
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