Mark Hoppus
The Blink 182 singer is cancer free
Mark Hoppus is not only the singer but also the bass player for Blink-182.
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In June, Mark Hoppus made his cancer public. Now the musician of the punk band Blink-182 has declared that he is “cancer-free”.
Mark Hoppus (49) made public in June that he had cancer. But now the musician of the band Blink-182 (“All the Small Things”) has defeated the terrible disease for the time being, as he happily announces on social networks.
Mark Hoppus has to have himself checked “every six months”
“I’ve just been to my oncologist and I’m free of cancer!” Writes Hoppus on Twitter and Instagram. He thanked “God and the universe and friends and family and everyone” who would have supported him. He now has to undergo a scan “every six months”. “It will take until the end of the year before everything is back to normal, but today is a great day and I feel so blessed.”
With the 49-year-old, fans and music colleagues were also happy about his recovery. In addition to OneRepublic front man Ryan Tedder (42), singer Samantha Ronson (44) commented on Hoppus’ post on Instagram. “Damn it !!!! I don’t even know you and that made MY day better !!! Great !!!”, she says happily.
He finished his last chemotherapy in mid-September
Mark Hoppus had already announced positive news in mid-September when he finished another chemotherapy. “Today I am grateful that I don’t have to go to chemotherapy”, wrote the singer and bassist on Twitter. “It has been three weeks since my last treatment. Normally, I would go in today. ‘Usually.'”
As part of Blink-182, the Californian made his international breakthrough in 1999 thanks to the single “All the Small Things” and the accompanying album “Enema of the State”. The band last released the single “Quarantine” last year.