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Def Leppard Guitarist Vivian Campbell Is 'Completely in Remission' After 12-Year Cancer Struggle

Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell said he's in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma. He credited an unknown donor and said he wants to "buy him a beer — or two or three" after reaching the milestone in his 12-year cancer struggle.

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell is "completely in remission" after first being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013 The guitarist had to miss the band's first show of 2025 as he recovered from a bone marrow transplant Campbell said he's "obviously overjoyed" and plans to thank his donor once he's allowed to meet him, as there are restrictions in place safeguarding his identity for a few years The treatment did require him to miss Def Leppard’s first concert of 2025 — but as he told host Trunk, the transplant worked. “I did a PET scan in the middle of April and I'm a hundred percent clean, completely in remission for the first time in 12 or 13 years.

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