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News recenlty broke that classic soul singer Bobby Womack was ill.  The news came by way of fellow musician Bootsy Collins.   Collins tweeted that Womack had been hospitalized for pneumonia, Hypetrak reports, but he later updated the 68-year-old singer’s condition, revealing that the Cleveland, Ohio native been diagnosed with early-stage cancer.

I JUST SPOKE TO OUR FRIEND BOBBY WOMACK,” Collins wrote. “He Wanted You All to Know That He Loves You & Thxs for the Prayers. Docs Says He Is In 1st Stage of Colon Cancer, He is Very Up Beat About His Future, we laughed & joked before we hung up. Thxs Funkateers, we will get him Back on the One!”

A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee whose string of hits includes “Woman’s Gotta Have It” and “If You Think You’re Lonely Now,”