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Article: Dennis Richmond's cancer surgery successful
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 2, 2008
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Outgoing KTVU anchorman Dennis Richmond underwent successful
surgery for prostate cancer last week and is in the middle of a
recovery period that is expected to keep him off the air for at
least another week.
It was the second major operation in less than six months for
Richmond, who plans to retire in May. In the fall, he underwent
surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck -- a procedure that
kept him out of the anchor chair for six weeks. Richmond, 64,
insists that his recent medical ordeals were not a factor in his
decision to leave Channel 2 on May 21.
"They're totally separate things. They had no influence
whatsoever," he said Friday.
After undergoing a biopsy in October, ...