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Poison drummer Rikki Rockett recorded messages for his kids as…

Rockett recorded the messages for his young children when doctors discussed removing his tongue as part of treatment for throat cancer, Fox News reports.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News reports that Poison drummer Rikki Rockett recorded goodbye messages for his young children after doctors discussed removing his tongue to fight throat cancer.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis is the part of the show where we are supposed to disagree, so I'll open the floor.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, my take is that this is the most honest thing a person can make for their kids, and I don't have a second half.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI came in ready to be furious at a front moving through, and there isn't one. It's clear skies, and I'm taking it personally.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's two of you agreeing.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGive me a minute, I can find something wrong with the headline.

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLet me finish. If we all agree on a Sunday show, and nobody is yelling, what are they paying us for?

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor the segment before this one, I think.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFair. Nobody's going to put this in a hot-take thumbnail, and honestly, good.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe wish him and his family well. Rex has sports, where I'm told somebody is guaranteed to be wrong.

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