bryant gumbel cancer

Former TODAY Show host Bryant Gumbel has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the veteran TV personality, 61, revealed on Live With Regis & Kelly Tuesday morning.

Gumbel, who is subbing for host Regis Philbin, said that he had surgery last month to relieve a malignant tumor in his chest and will be seeing his surgeon next week to get an update on his prognosis.

“We had told a few people, we told my family, obviously. I even kept it from my staff at Real Sports. So I’m okay for the time being….I’m hoping they greenlight me to play golf again,” the host of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel told Ripa Tuesday