Country singer Brown says she has cancer

The same disease led to the death of her brother, the legendary Grand Ole Opry star Jim Ed Brown, earlier this year.

Unfortunately, the music group already suffered a big loss as Jim Ed, Bonnie’s brother died in June from cancer.

Speaking at a luncheon at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, Brown told the crowd that she has Stage IV Adenocarcinoma in her right lung.

So sad. Bonnie Brown, member of 1950s country trio The Browns, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

After announcing her diagnosis, Bonnie said her treatment will begin on September 29 in Little Rock, Ark., and she predicts that she will make a full recovery.

In a statement issued to The Associated Press, Bonnie expresses her determination to overcome the illness and “live many more years”.

The Browns, siblings Jim Ed, Bonnie and Maxine, were recently elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and are set to receive their official induction at the annual Medallion Ceremony, October 25. With Bonnie on board, the group scored further top ten country hits with “Here Today Gone Tomorrow”, “I Take The Chance”, and “I Heard The Bluebirds Sing”. Following the trio’s breakup in 1968, Jim Ed went on to a distinguished solo career, as well as scoring a series of duet hits with Helen Cornelius.

Jim Ed Brown was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2014 but announced several weeks later that he was cancer-free and in remission. Stage 4 cancer indicates that the disease has spread to other organs in the body.