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Malcolm Young, ACDC, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Malcolm Young, ACDC, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Malcolm Young Treated For Cancer And Heart Operation After Black Ice Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on January 10, 2015

in News

Malcolm Young was hit with a trio of health crisis after AC/DC finished their Black Ice world tour.

Already known is that Young developed dementia and is now being cared for in a facility in Australia. What was only revealed recently was that he also had surgery for lung cancer and to implant a pacemaker in the months after the tour ended.

Brother Angus Young recently told GMI Rock (via Blabbermouth) that “Besides the mental side with the dementia, he had physical problems also. He had a lung operation, which was pretty critical, but he got treatment for that because they got to it. It was like a cancer. So they got that early and then later on he had also a heart problem. So it was like everything hit him at once… But he kept going as long as he could… You were hoping that he would get better, y’know, but unfortunately it’s a disease… The physical side of him, he got great treatment for all that so he’s good with all that, but the mental side has deteriorated. He himself had said, ‘I won’t be able to do it anymore.'”

Malcolm not only kept the news from the world but also kept it from his bandmates for quite awhile. Brian Johnson told Q Magazine “This is typical Malcolm. He got a hold of my hand and went… (bangs repeatedly on his chest) ‘Pacemaker. F—ing good, mate.’ He scared the s— out of us! And there’s a twinkle in his eye, he was tickled pink. It’s like he was showing us a new fuzzbox or something!”

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