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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Some Troubling Idol News

Here’s a shocker I found in my inbox after the final performance show…

Luke Menard, the young Kenny Loggins look-a-like who was eliminated after mangling “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” has been diagnosed with cancer.

A spokesperson for Luke’s a capella ensemble, Chapter 6, confirmed to CBS News that Luke has stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The spokesperson said that Luke and his wife have been told the cancer is “treatable and manageable.”

Luke has made several appearances in the “Idol” audience this season, including last week…