Ronnie Hawkins announced he had pancreatic cancer and that doctors were not optimistic about his prognosis. The 67-year-old rocker had a tumor from his pancreas partially removed. Hawkins, in an exclusive interview with Broadcast News, said despite the seriousness of his situation -- he was not ready to call it a day just yet.

Date: 2002-08-29
Placeline: STONEY LAKE, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 17 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << no I'm not down I mean I put everything in the big rockers hands you know everybody I was getting phone calls from Ethiopia and Jerusalem in Arkansas and everywhere want to know when the funeral is I'm I'm thinking about I mean living not then I'm going to make it to ever how long I got we going to have some fun >>

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