Gord Downie found out he had terminal brain cancer in December, the Tragically Hip announced Tuesday on their website. ( Scott Gardner / The Hamilton Spectator file photo )Tragically Hip frontman and lead singer Gord Downie will be well enough to go on tour despite a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, one of his doctors told a news conference this morning. with a more favourable response to treatment,” Perry told the news conference at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us,” the band wrote. “Fortunately for Gord, he has a type of glioblastoma that is more amenable to treatment than most .

Source: thestar May 24, 2016 05:08 UTC