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By Brenda Davis Sep 4, 2008

Warren Zevon was a fantastic artist. Zevon passed away almost five years ago and the world lost a magnificent talent. The man that brought us "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Werewolves of London" would leave us on September 7, 2003. He is still remembered and in a Rolling Stone interview with David Letterman, and it gets a little misty.

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Warren Zevon reportedly had a lifelong phobia of doctors and said he seldom received medical treatment or diagnosis, an online bio for the late singer details. In 2002, after a long period of untreated illness and pain, Zevon was encouraged by his dentist to see a physician.

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He would be diagnosed with inoperable mesothelioma (a form of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos, and also the same cancer that killed Steve McQueen). In 2002 on the day before Halloween, David Letterman gave Warren Zevon the entire hour. He recalls that in an interview.

"Here's a guy who had months to live and we're making small talk. And as we're talking, he's taking his guitar strap and hooking it, wrapping it around, then he puts the guitar into the case and he flips the snaps on the case and says, `Here, I want you to have this, take good care of it.' And I just started sobbing."

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