MOTÖRHEAD Leader LEMMY KILMISTER Was Given “Two To Six Months To Live”, Says Manager

Late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was given “two to six months to live” when he found out he had terminal cancer on December 26th. Lemmy passed away yesterday (December 28th), four days after his 70th birthday.

Motörhead manager Todd Singerman revealed to Sky News that Lemmy went to the hospital two days after his birthday bash at LA’s Whisky A Go Go on December 13th because he wasn’t feeling well. Tests were done, and doctors discovered he had terminal cancer which had spread to his brain.

Singerman told Sky News, “Nobody had any idea, we just learned Saturday, two days ago, that he even had cancer and the doctor told him he had between two to six months to live. He goes today as I was making calls to Phil and Mikkey telling them to come on out so they could have a last goodbye while he was still upbeat and everything. He was feeling mighty low… He wasn’t expected to die like that.

“He gets home (from tour), we have a big birthday party for him at the Whisky A Go Go. His friends came down and played. Two days later I could tell he wasn’t feeling good so we took him to the hospital, they release him, then after the brain scan they found the cancer in his brain and his neck… The doctor comes with the result a couple of days later and says… it’s terminal.”

The death of Lemmy’ was met with shock by fellow bandmate, drummer Mikkey Dee, reports Sweden’s Expressen.

”Motörhead is over, of course. Lemmy was Motörhead. But the band will live on in the memories of many,” the drummer revealed in a telephone interview.

The band, founded 1975 in London, will cease touring and record no further records following Lemmy’s death, according to Mikkey Dee.

”We won’t be doing any more tours or anything. And there won’t be any more records. But the brand survives, and Lemmy lives on in the hearts of everyone.”