Chubby cancels gigs
Friend's illness keeps him home
Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has cancelled shows this summer to spend more time with a friend who may have weeks to live.
A secretary who works for the comic’s manager, Michael Forster, is suffering from anaplastic thyroid cancer, which claims 90 per cent of patients within three years of diagnosis.
But doctors have told her she has just weeks to live, prompting Brown to cancel two gigs he had lined up at Princess Theatre, Torquay, this month.
Mr Forster told the South Devon Herald Express that thee comic had known her for more than 20 years.
He added: "We took the decision to cancel the summer shows rather than travel up and down to Torquay.
“It's a very stressful time and that's the reason we won't be there. We are like a tight family here and want to spend some time with her."Published: 14 Aug 2004
