Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor was not able to attend Saturday night's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where the band was honored, due to a setback in a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis, according to a statement from the English band.
His bandmates, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Simon Le Bon acknowledged the guitarist's absence from the Los Angeles event by reading parts of a letter he wrote for the occasion.
"Just over 4-years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer," the letter read. "Many families have experienced the slow burn of this disease and of course we are no different; so I speak from the perspective of a family-man but with profound humility to the band, the greatest fans a group could have and this exceptional accolade."
Taylor said in the letter that although his current condition "is not immediately life threatening there is no cure," and that he recently suffered a setback.
"Recently I was doing okay after some very sophisticated life extending treatment, that was until a week or so ago when I suffered a setback," Taylor wrote. "And despite the exceptional efforts of my team, I had to be honest in that both physically and mentally, I would be pushing my boundaries."
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