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Mike Portnoy Kept Neil Peart's Cancer Secret for Two Years
Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy said he knew Neil Peart was fighting brain cancer for two years, but had been asked to keep it secret.
The Rush drummer, who retired in 2015, died on Jan. 7 after being diagnosed nearly four years ago. The news came as a shock to fans, who weren't offered any previous updates about the notoriously reserved Peart.
I've known for about two years now and was held to secrecy," Portnoy told SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk in a new interview (via Blabbermouth). “It was something that he and everybody in his camp, obviously, went to great lengths to keep private and keep secret. And that was Neil – he was a very, very private guy.”
Mike Portnoy Kept Neil Peart's Cancer Secret for Two Years
Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy said he knew Neil Peart was fighting brain cancer for two years, but had been asked to keep it secret.
The Rush drummer, who retired in 2015, died on Jan. 7 after being diagnosed nearly four years ago. The news came as a shock to fans, who weren't offered any previous updates about the notoriously reserved Peart.
I've known for about two years now and was held to secrecy," Portnoy told SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk in a new interview (via Blabbermouth). “It was something that he and everybody in his camp, obviously, went to great lengths to keep private and keep secret. And that was Neil – he was a very, very private guy.”