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Kansas Frontman Ronnie Platt, 64, Announces Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis


Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt, 64, has confirmed he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but has assured fans the disease has 'not spread'

The group’s manager J.R. Rees subsequently told Ultimate Classic Rock that Kansas will be pausing all concert plans for the foreseeable future in order to support Platt. Platt continued: “This is a lifelong dream and I would like to thank [band members] Phil[ Ehart], Rich[ Williams], Billy[ Greer], and David[ Ragsdale] for the opportunity. Platt worked as a truck driver before joining a latter-day incarnation of the Kansas City, Missouri-based rock band Shooting Star.

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