
Last night on Larry King Live, Graham Nash revealed that Stephen Stills, his bandmate in Crosby, Stills and Nash, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The revelation followed a discussion between King and Nash about the death of singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, who suffered from prostate cancer for three years before passing last Sunday. According to Nash, Stills — unlike Fogelberg — caught his at an early stage, and will be operated on January 3rd, which also happens to be Stills’ birthday.
Stephen Stills Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, According to Graham Nash
12/18/07, 4:41 pm EST
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Create A Caption | 12/18/2007, 5:37 pm EST
When did Steven Stills start looking like Luciano Pavorotti?
brian gallagher | 12/19/2007, 12:22 am EST
When did America turn into such a jaded collection of assholes?
jack stills | 12/19/2007, 1:16 am EST
when did they start allowing cretins with defective social skills make comments about icons with prostate cancer?
John Baker | 12/19/2007, 2:07 am EST
Steven Stills has inspired generations of fans with his amazing songwriting skills and consumate professionalism. Godspeed on your recovery, Steven. I still want to see you at least one more time in concert. You can bring David and Graham and Neil if you want to……
Rock | 12/19/2007, 6:50 am EST
Fight hard Steve fight hard now is the time to become the BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
Bob E. L EE | 12/19/2007, 8:17 am EST
GET TESTED! SIMPLE BLOOD TEST. I WILL BE HAVING SAME SURGRY JAN 4TH.
GOOO LUCK STEPHEN.
Comfort Inn | 12/19/2007, 8:41 am EST
“For What It’s Worth”, Stephen get well quick, like Bob E. Lee said GET TESTED. Good luck to you too Bob.
stupid people piss me off | 12/19/2007, 8:50 am EST
what a total lack of respect for a man’s work,and a complete lack of compassion for a fellow human-f/o to you idiots!!
RevKev | 12/19/2007, 8:59 am EST
Be blessed with healing Stephen. Get well soon.
susan in nj | 12/19/2007, 9:57 am EST
Stephen, good luck to you. Get well soon. In my prayers…
lee | 12/19/2007, 10:59 am EST
You’ve given so much to music, &
worthy causes you’ve championed
over the years. You’ll bounce back
from this surgery & will be rockin’ again in no time. My prayers & good wishes go with you
and yours.
Chelsey | 12/19/2007, 11:03 am EST
Thinking of you, Stephen, and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Just take it one day at a time…and know we love you.
Gregory L. Dennis, Chicago | 12/19/2007, 11:18 am EST
I met Mr. Stills once when I was still in the Marines. My father passed years prior of the same cause. Hoping for a speedy recovery!
Karen | 12/19/2007, 1:56 pm EST
Stephen- you have been my hero forever. If anyone can beat this you can. Love you!
Dona Lynette Stewart | 12/19/2007, 3:04 pm EST
This mortality must put on immortality, nevertheless, shall the Son of Man find faith upon the earth? I love Crosby Stills, and Nash, their harmonizing was incredible. Love and prayers
** | 12/19/2007, 4:20 pm EST
rE; Dona Lynette Stewart | 12/19/2007, 3:04 pm EST
“I love Crosby Stills, and Nash”
AND YOUNG
phillip smyth | 12/19/2007, 5:07 pm EST
good luck steve i also got it early and am waiting treatment.God bless
pitman | 12/19/2007, 5:46 pm EST
Had the pleasure of seeing the original Buffalo Springfield at the Hullaballo in Hollywood Ca. in 1966. Stay with us Stephen.
Joseph R | 12/19/2007, 7:52 pm EST
We love you Stephen. I’ve been a big fan of yours for decades. Wishing you a quick and complete recovery, Bro. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Chuck Gallagher | 12/19/2007, 10:27 pm EST
Having been diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 47, I know full well that early detection is key to winning the battle with prostate cancer. Some aren’t so lucky. With Dan Fogelberg passing and witnessing the death of my father-in-law from advanced prostate cancer – the best I can say to all men is be tested early and often. Good luck to Stephen! Again, as a professional speaker, http://www.chuckgallagher.com – had I not found out early (quite by accident) I would now be facing the fate of the late Dan Fogelberg. Do not let a simple blood test stand in the way of your health.
re: stupid people piss me off | 12/19/2007, 10:58 pm EST
re: stupid people piss me off | 12/19/2007, 8:50 am EST
what a total lack of respect for a man’s work,and a complete lack of compassion for a fellow human-f/o to you idiots!!
All I see here is someone made a joke about the way he looks, not about his cancer, nor his career. You see words that aren’t there. Maybe you have ADD or something.
Joel | 12/20/2007, 12:31 am EST
This can be beat, I was diagnosed 6 1/2 years ago, and am living proof that early detection works. I had surgery, and am living a full life. Every man needs to be tested, between 40 – 50. I might not be here at age 54.
My prayers are with you Stephen. You’ll beat this.
Helvis II | 12/20/2007, 8:32 am EST
Good for you, Josh. Happy Holidays. Stay Well.
Russ | 12/20/2007, 12:47 pm EST
I wish Steven Stills good luck with all future endeavers, work and health.
maureen | 12/20/2007, 2:57 pm EST
dear stephen,
to one of the most underrated
guitarist of all time . wishing you happy new year. stay as strong as you are!
bigtimmy | 12/20/2007, 3:03 pm EST
Good luck Stephen!!
Have been a huge fan for decades!!
Fight the good fight!!
MK | 12/20/2007, 6:43 pm EST
Stephen,
You have another option besides surgery. Proton therapy. My husband is currently receiving proton treatment at Loma Linda University Hospital in Calif. Check out this option BEFORE SURGERY. This is a proven technology with virtually no side effects. Most urologists will not tell their patients about this treatment. Please please research this option.
Jo Anne | 12/20/2007, 8:29 pm EST
Stephen, I am so sorry to hear that you have taken ill. I m submitting this comment to wish you well with your upcoming surgery. I have been a fan of yours since I was 12 years old and was so saddened to hear this news. I walk around with one of your guitar picks in my wallet from your last concert in Westbury Long Island. I would also like to tell you there is currently two companies working together to fight and cure this type of Cancer. The names of the companies are Concierge International and HI-FU. I had sent this information along with the name of the CEO of the company and his phone number. I hope this information finds you and can help you. I would also like to wish you a Very Happy and Heathly Birthday this upcoming January 3rd. I love you, good luck.
Jo Anne
Jo Anne | 12/20/2007, 8:30 pm EST
Stephen, I am so sorry to hear that you have taken ill. I m submitting this comment to wish you well with your upcoming surgery. I have been a fan of yours since I was 12 years old and was so saddened to hear this news. I walk around with one of your guitar picks in my wallet from your last concert in Westbury Long Island. I would also like to tell you there is currently two companies working together to fight and cure this type of Cancer. The names of the companies are Concierge International and HI-FU. I had sent this information along with the name of the CEO of the company and his phone number. I hope this information finds you and can help you. I would also like to wish you a Very Happy and Heathly Birthday this upcoming January 3rd. I love you, good luck.
Jo Anne
Randall | 12/21/2007, 1:17 am EST
Fight the good fight Stephen!!!
I dont know if you’ll see this message, or any of these…but you must know and feel how loved you are. Draw strength, and take heart. Down the road, this bump will provide fuel for some more of your great lyrics and music! We met and shook hands once, and I have one of your 0-45S Martins. You’ll be in my thoughts and prayers each time I play it.
Randall | 12/21/2007, 1:20 am EST
I just wanted to add…Happy Birthday, and many, many happy returns!
JANIE YOUNG | 12/21/2007, 10:30 am EST
My thoughts and prayers are w/you..
you’re a “SOUL SURVIVER”
Love, Janie and Zuma
Vicki | 12/21/2007, 11:02 am EST
Hi Stephen,
I have thought of you for years and wondered if you were the “Steve Green” that I met once in a Big Sur, California camp ground. I was 14 and you were 20 something I think. I put on blue eye shadow but I have green eyes. You told me not to try and disguise my natural beauty. You were so kind to me. If it wasn’t you, that’s okay. I still think about you and always will. Right now I am wishing you the best and for a speedy recovery. Love your music and you are a great guitar player. Keep on keepin on!
Ken P | 12/21/2007, 8:27 pm EST
Stephen always been my favorite player. Meet you twice and wish I had gotten to know you. Your music though written for you means many things to me. I will pray for your recovery and hope to see you on tour soon. I hope that the world realizes how good you are at what you do sometime soon. Best from a big fan.. Ken
Roy Connolly | 12/22/2007, 5:44 pm EST
…….hey man, if it means anything,then the fact that we all love ya might help a little.You have been part of our lives for a long time and we want to keep you. Hang tough pal !
ian | 12/23/2007, 9:58 am EST
get well soon stepheh and back on the road all the very best to you at this time
nancy | 12/23/2007, 11:30 pm EST
I have a letter sitting here I never mailed. Sad not to say hi in Santa Cruz but everything is unimportant except your getting well. Our wishes for a speedy recovery!!! Charlie and Nancy do re mi
Michele Diamond | 12/24/2007, 4:53 pm EST
Stephen,
I was so saddened to hear about your prostate cancer news and wish you the very best for a speedy recovery. I am touched that so many people are writing in and hope you see how you have so many people who care about your well-being. You are a musical inspiration to me, so talented and special. I have seen you not only with CSN&Y, but also at your “Evening with Stephen Stills” intimate concert in NYC for the past 2 years. This is how I celebrated my birthday for the past 2 years and it was the greatest gift. I will pray for your health and wish you a happy birthday.
Moonsong8 | 12/25/2007, 11:48 am EST
When each of finds peace within, those same peopl will find self respect and the ability to show courtesy to humankind and through this Peace shall slowly evolve.
Wishing everyone, including, our friend Steven, a Happy Holiday and a successful surgery and many more birthdays in this world. He will survive.
Glenda | 12/25/2007, 7:52 pm EST
Stephen,
Thoughts and prayers are with you. I’ll never forget meeting you at the Cincinnati Zoo when you did a solo concert.
Long may you run….
All the best,
Glenda
Polly | 12/27/2007, 10:21 pm EST
Stephen Stills you are one of my favorite musicians. Certainly with this news of your ill health, you will be in my prayers and thoughts. As a nurse, I know and encourage men to get tested for prostate cancer. I am at this point begging my husband to go have an exam . Best wishes to you. Your music has touched my life for more than 30 years. I saw you in Richmond, Ky when I was yet a teenager in concert and was hooked. May God’s healing hand touch you and give you strength..
Jerry Lawrence | 12/28/2007, 8:26 pm EST
Steve,If you need some place to hide out and relax after all this your welcome at my house.
Doris and Randy Butler | 12/29/2007, 10:14 am EST
When we first heard the news about your illness, the media made it sound much worse than it apparently. We are sure that you will make a full recovery and continue to make the beautiful music that makes all of us feel like we are your friends. A very Happy Birthday and Speedy Recovery. We love you and are pulling for you!
Ray Brightman | 12/29/2007, 4:00 pm EST
Stephen, I had your 1st CSN album on cassette in Viet Nam. The only music I had. Still listen to it today. God bless you. You mentioned Jesus in Black Coral. The way ,the truth and the light.
Tony | 1/1/2008, 9:57 am EST
Many years ago I sat in the rain in an outdoor amphitheatre during a Crosby, Stills and Nash appearance where Stephen was sick but ever the trouper played his heart out AND after the show rushing into his hotel — illness and all — he took the time give me an autograph. I’d always adored his music, but after that concert I admired him even more as a human being. God Bless Stephen Stills.
4 Kyrios | 1/1/2008, 9:54 pm EST
Stephen,
My prayers are with you. As you wrote years ago “..help me sweet Jesus, I’m weary from the journey.”
Get well soon,
….old friend of Gerry Tolman’s (miss him)
Read Matthew Chapter 11
Verses 28-30
bob "lone rider" thompson" | 1/2/2008, 3:09 pm EST
more, more, more!!!!! stills…….
Tallullah | 1/3/2008, 11:25 am EST
Stephen, I’ve loved you and your music for forty years — never underestimate how many people are praying for you and pulling for you. I’ll think of you all day, and wait to hear the good news.
JR | 1/3/2008, 6:20 pm EST
To Stephen (hoping he will read it),
When I was in my 20s I went through a lot of emotional hurt. I found that one of the only things in life that I could relate to were your lyrics, and your lyrics helped to lessen my load and made me feel like I wasn’t alone. “Trying to remember that getting it wrong is what everyone does” and so many other lyrics I’ve been able to relate to and will never forget.
You’re written some of the best music I’ve ever heard. My wife and I saw you play the Music Hall in Boston in 1976. Do take care. God bless.
JR | 1/3/2008, 6:23 pm EST
PS – Wishing you a happy and healthy birthday today, and many, many more!
Cathryn | 1/6/2008, 7:58 pm EST
Stephen and Kristen, You are in my positive thoughts and I am going to be lighting candles of Healing for you both. Heal well Stephen. Love and Peace, Cathryn
A long time SS fan | 1/8/2008, 7:22 pm EST
The lead guitar in the very last part of “Guardian Angel” on the Stills/Young album is very very good. I know it was you that played that. No one on Earth could have played that better than you did. You were miles above Earth when you played that.
Now get well soon. We want more albums!
Dennis W. | 1/9/2008, 1:02 am EST
Stephen, your music has been a part of my life for many years. Hang tough, my friend. You’re in my prayers.
Stewart | 1/9/2008, 6:55 pm EST
“Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart.”
Hoping a full recovery is in store for you Stephen.
Okcbluesman | 1/11/2008, 12:14 am EST
After nearly 40 years of your contributions to us, it’s our turn to do something for you.
You are a superlative musician and what you can do with a guitar has always been sheer magic.
We wish for you the magic of a full and speedy recovery.
Be well always and thank you for all that you have done for others through your music and your positive efforts to help those less fortunate.
lauri | 1/25/2008, 9:44 pm EST
Dear Mr. Stills,
Your music (with C&N) has meant truly a lot to me, both as a human being and as a songwriter/singer myself.
My best wishes
Carry on
-l-
Anonymous | 1/25/2008, 9:50 pm EST
dear Mr. Stills,
Your music (with C&N) has truly meant a lot to me, both as a human being and as a songwriter/singer myself
My best wishes
Carry on
-l-
diana | 2/3/2008, 3:17 pm EST
Dear Mr. Stills,
for whatever this is worth . . .I just thought you’d like to hear! I have, over the course of my 45 years been known to have “messages” or signs, if you will, just come at me apparently out of nowhere. The morning of Jan. 3rd I was at home doing my normal routine and found myself humming and singing to myself “Teach Your Children Well”. 10 minutes or so after this, I was in my car driving to my weekly Bible Study and over the radio came the DJ, talking about that you were going into the hospital for a surgury that day . . and that it also happened to be your birthday.
Wierd, I know! Anyway, I thought you might appreciate knowing that I mentioned this to the group of women in my study and we all said a prayer for you. I’ve continued to keep you in my prayers and have no doubt that you will make a full recovery!
Steve Karr | 2/9/2008, 4:15 pm EST
Thanks for providing the soundtrack to my life. Get well, soon.
M.D. Marshall | 2/24/2008, 3:01 pm EST
The news of your successful operation was a relief to all of your fans. Now quit scarin’ us like that.
It was such a privlege to see you play with the boys last summer in Detroit. And “Treetop Flyer” was a spectacular inclusion. My brother and I remain in awe at the music you have created for this world. Stay well with the elements of good health.
Martin Smuts | 3/23/2008, 9:43 am EST
I’ve been listening to Buffalo Springfield and CSN&Y for decades and have seen them (or variations of them) perform at least 15 times. Not once was I let down. What a fantastic group of talented musicians. Stephen’s axe work has inspired thousands, no doubt! Thanks for inspiring me as well, Stephen! Now pick up that Martin and play! No doubt, new wonderful music will be the silver lining to your temporary dark cloud of illness.
Gary in Denver | 3/28/2008, 9:53 am EST
My main inspiration on guitar. After hearing of your diagnosis, I got myself tested. May you have a speedy recovery. There is more music to be made. May God bless and keep you always.
John Siegel | 4/17/2008, 1:16 am EST
Love you Steve. Make a speedy recovery, You have provided so much joy to me over the years I hope you have your share.
graham hendry | 7/12/2008, 7:56 am EST
I am Scottish & been a fan for 40 years. Still play Steve Stills music regularly. Saw u at Wembley in 1974. U are the king of CSNY and the best guitarist ever along with Hendrix and Page. Long may u carry on!
Rags | 10/31/2008, 6:50 pm EST
Been a huge fan for decades. Seen you perform at Wembley (UK), Woolongong (NSW Aust) with Manasses(?), Santa Barbara Bowl – all magic venues with magic music and you were as always brilliant. Many thanks for bringing sunshine into my life with your music.
Miltos | 1/17/2009, 8:15 pm EST
My best wishes to Stephen Stills the best musical mind, if you want to relax after, come to Greece,my place- always welcome you are!!! Hope all the best for you.
Nancy in Oklahoma | 5/12/2009, 4:31 pm EST
As a spiritual person, I light candles for those for whom I care and/or love. My candles have great power; I’ve seen miracles happen with my candles, and a soft prayer. As the daughter-in-law of a 93- year- old retired minister, we say our own prayers, and I add my candles.
When my, now, 32-year-old daughter was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer at the age of 21, my father-in-law gathered his congregation together, and all said quiet, fervent prayers for her. The coming week, my daughter had an appointment to see her OB/GYN; no cancer was found – none at all. Miracles are not happenings that were found in old writings from long ago; miracles happen today!
When I want to relax, and listen to music that gives me hope for the years, decades to come – I get out my DVD of CSN – Acoustical Concert, and the sadness that had overtaken my life is gone. I see your smile; I hear your talents; I am happy, again.
Please keep all of us who love you smiling and happy. Keep those who love you for who you are, and not the “famous man,” in wonderment each time we hear your voice so sweet. Gather your beautiful and loving children of yours around you, and see yourself in their eyes. Be there for them; they love you, too!
I send love, blessings, and a recovery that leaves you whole – so many people are gathering together for this to happen – good health!
Then, tell the world to GET THAT BLOOD TEST!! I’ve verbally battered my husband to continue to do this one, simple test. I am thankful that he listens to me! He was a medic during the Vietnam war – your songs touch him deeply, as they do me.
Blessings, and Keep On Truckin’
Nanette. G | 11/20/2009, 11:13 pm EST
Stephen Stills is my life. I will always love him and his music no matter what. It pains me to think he has/had cancer. Stephen if you can here me get well and continue to rock well into your 90’s! Love you forever<3

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