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  • Knack Frontman Doug Fieger Fighting Lung and Brain Cancer

    01/12/2010 8:52:47 PM PST · by My Favorite Headache · 35 replies · 1,446+ views
    AOL News ^ | 1-12-10
    Doug Fieger, frontman for the Knack, is reportedly dying. According to the Detroit News, the man behind 1979's classic 'My Sharona' and its parent album 'Get the Knack' has lung and brain cancer. Still, Fieger, 57, has a pretty positive outlook on his mortality, considering the three craniotomies and whole-brain radiation he has endured. "Everybody is in the same spot," the Southern California-based rocker told the paper. "I just know there is something that will potentially end my time here." Fieger, who had a piece of his lung removed in 2004 and has been diagnosed with 22 brain tumors, says...