Comedian Quincy Jones Tells Ellen DeGeneres His Inspirational Story With 1 Year to Live
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What would you do if you were told that you only had one year to live? Well, when Quincy Jones found out he had an incurable cancer, he immediately thought about what kind of legacy he wanted to leave behind.
He details his inspirational story with Ellen DeGeneres.
DeGeneres welcomed Jones to the stage and talked about his move to LA from Seattle. Jones confirmed that he was doing 1,000 shows in one year and it averaged out to about three shows a night.
He says you just have to keep going even when you don't feel like going.
DeGeneres was astonished by amount of shows and asked Jones about the stomach pains he was having.
Jones told DeGeneres that he was in and out of the hospital for six months with stomach pains until doctors figured out he had mesothelioma, an incurable cancer.
The doctors told Jones that he had a year to live on August 6, 2015 but Jones doesn't think he is going to die in six months. He says he has been working out and doing yoga.
He says he feels okay but he gets nauseous from the chemotherapy treatment he has every three weeks.
Jones continues to do standup despite his treatment and he told DeGeneres that he talks about getting drunk phone numbers because they only end up as a restaurant in his phone. His example was "McDonalds hookup chick."
Jones also says he talks about things that he is scared of such as pigeons because they don't have smooth takeoff patterns at all. It's important to Jones to shoot an hour-long comedy special. He says he is at that age where all his friends have kids or are married and he wasn't sure what he had to show in his 32-years. Jones' friends Mickey and Nicole Blaine created a Kickstarter that went viral without him having a clue.
It actually hit $5,000 quickly and is now over $40,000 which Jones didn't know. DeGeneres thinks that Jones looks healthy and wanted to make sure that he shot the special.
She appealed to everyone to donate to the special that is scheduled to shoot on April 4.
DeGeneres also appealed to HBO and Netflix to try to get the companies to air the show on the networks. Finally DeGeneres and Shutterfly came together to present Jones with a check for $10,000.