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Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and a longtime member of his E Street Band, says she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2018.
Scialfa, 71, revealed her battle with blood cancer in a new documentary about her husband that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. In the film, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Scialfa says she received the diagnosis while she and her husband were doing a run of shows on Broadway six years ago.
“Touring has become a challenge for me,” Scialfa, who joined the E Street Band as a guitarist and singer in 1984, says in the film, according to People. “In 2018, well, Bruce and I were doing a play on Broadway. I was diagnosed with early stage multiple myeloma.”
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