Toby Keith Shares New Photo Amid Cancer Battle
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It has been nearly two years since Toby Keith was diagnosed with stomach cancer. A recent photo of the singer have fans searching for an update on his health.
Toby Keith shared the photo on Friday, June 2, urging his fans to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “Change kids’ health, change the future. Go to cmnhospitals.org to donate to your member children’s hospital. #ChangeKidsHealth,” the caption read.
The photo shows Toby, 61, smiling while wearing a CMN t-shirt and a sticker on the back of his hand that says, “All kids.”
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The photo is the first current pic Toby has shared of himself in roughly six months. Fans and friends of the “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” singer commented and offered their prayers.
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, Jake Owen, Drake White, NFL great Brett Favre, and Cody Alan were among those sending prayers and well wishes.
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Toby Keith announced his stomach cancer diagnosis in a social media post made in June 2022.
In the post he shared that he had been diagnosed in the fall of 2021 and had been receiving chemotherapy, radiation and had undergone surgery. The following day he canceled all of his scheduled tour dates.
Toby Keith has mostly stayed out of the spotlight since, only making a rare public appearance here and there. In November 2022, Keith made his first return to the stage when he was dining at Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse in Lexington, Kentucky. After being coaxed to take a mic and sing a song or two, Keith reportedly ended up entertaining patrons for nearly an hour.
That same week, Toby was honored during the BMI Country Awards ceremony in Nashville where he was presented with the BMI Icon Award.
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During the ceremony, Keith’s fellow Okie, Carrie Underwood, paid tribute to him with a cover of his 1993 chart-topping hit, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”
That same month, Keith shared his only update regarding his health with CMT’s Cody Alan, saying, “I need a little bit of time to just rest up and heal up.”
“It’s pretty debilitating to have to go through all that, but as long as everything stays hunky-dory, then we’ll look at something good in the future,” Toby said.
Hear Toby’s full interview with Cody Alan below.
