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Richard Sterban, a member of quartet The Oak Ridge Boys<\/a> for more than five decades, revealed on (Thursday) Sept. 25 that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cI am under the care of the best cancer doctors in the country and, with the help of the Good Lord above, I believe I will be able to get through this,\u201d Sterban said in a statement. He added, \u201cI want to thank everyone, especially the fans, for your concern, and I would appreciate your continued prayers. Most days I\u2019m feeling very good, and I hope to be back out on the road in several months.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sterban, whose signature bass vocals are a defining feature of such Oak Ridge Boys songs as their Billboard Hot 100 top 5 hit \u201cElvira,\u201d most recently performed with the group at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May. Since then, Aaron McCune and Tim Duncan have been filling in for Sterban on tour.<\/p>\n New Jersey native Sterban joined The Oak Ridge Boys in 1972. Prior to joining the group, he sang with J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, through which he also performed and recorded with Elvis Presley, and appeared in one of Presley\u2019s movies, Elvis on Tour.<\/p>\n The Oak Ridge Boys have earned five Grammy Awards, nine GMA Dove Awards and two American Music Awards. The group was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2000, into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015 and have been members of the Grand Ole Opry since 2011. Among the group\u2019s 17 No. 1s on Billboard\u2018s Hot Country Songs chart are \u201cElvira,\u201d \u201cBobbie Sue,\u201d \u201cAmerican Made\u201d and \u201cLeaving Louisiana In Broad Daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n The lineup of Sterban, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden and Duane Allen performed together for five decades, marking the group\u2019s longest-running lineup. Bonsall announced<\/a> his retirement in January 2024 and was replaced by vocalist Ben James. Bonsall died<\/a> on July 9, 2024, at age 76.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard Sterban, a member of quartet The Oak Ridge Boys for more than five decades, revealed on (Thursday) Sept. 25 that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March of this year. \u201cI am under the care of the best cancer doctors in the country and, with the help of the Good Lord above, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2050441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[29110,25615,380604,380602,380603],"class_list":["post-2050440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-billboard","tag-elvis-presley","tag-joe-bonsall","tag-richard-sterban","tag-the-oak-ridge-boys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Oak-Ridge-Boys-Member-Richard-Sterban-Diagnosed-With-Pancreatic.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}