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"Country star Eddie Montgomery has confirmed that he is battling prostate cancer. USA Today reports that the Montgomery Gentry frontman plans to have surgery in December to remove a malignant tumor. The musician released an official statement on Friday in which he vowed that his recovery will be speedy. &amp;quot;I will be back in January ready to rock for all the fans! Please keep my family and I in your prayers,&amp;quot; he promised. Montgomery Gentry have scored a half-dozen top ten albums on the Billboard US Country chart since they released their debut LP Tattoos &amp;amp; Scars in 1999. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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