# Warren Zevon is dying.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153 "2002-09-12T20:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153/41 "2002-11-10T08:39:54Z")

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Oh my god.

Scroll down to [“Thursday, November 7”](http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage7.asp). It’s a review of WZ’s appearance on Letterman.

This paragraph breaks my heart:

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> Later, Mr. Zevon told Mr. Letterman there was something he wanted to give him. In the dressing room that evening, he presented the host with a gray electric guitar, the source said. It was the guitar he always played on Mr. Letterman’s show.

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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153/42 "2002-11-10T13:53:29Z")

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Thanks, **Rilchiam**.  
Doing my best to enjoy every sandwich.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153/43 "2002-11-23T01:16:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sublight \*  
> \*\*Shit, man. ☹
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> Still, “But it’ll be a drag if I don’t make it until the next James Bond movie comes out.” 🆒 \*\*

Well, he has!

I don’t know how much Christmas means to him, but now I hope he gets that far. New Years’, too. Hey, his birthday’s January 24th…

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-is-dying/128153/44 "2002-11-23T03:37:32Z")

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Last word I heard was that they were saying he still had ‘a few weeks to a few months’, which I think is a better prognosis than when he was first diagnosed two and a half months ago.

And, he’s still in the studio recording, and he’s still travelling, so he must be reasonably okay still.

So, I think he might make it to his birthday, but with cancer you never know.

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