India, Dec. 23 -- Barry Manilow, the singer-songwriter behind Mandy, Copacabana and I Write the Songs, is 82 years old. The singer has announced that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer that will require surgery later this month.

Manilow has by his side his longtime lover and husband, Garry Keif, whom he married in 2014.

Manilow has no children of his own; however, Keif's daughter Kristen was raised by both Manilow and Keif. In 2023, Manilow announced that the two of them had become grandparents after Kristen adopted her first baby.

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