( CNN ) -- Singer Andy Williams has bladder cancer , is undergoing treatment and plans to return to performing in 2012 , he said . `` You may have read or heard that I have bladder cancer . It 's true and I 'm currently undergoing treatment to deal with it , '' Williams said in a statement . The singer also told fans at a concert in Branson , Missouri , Saturday night that he has cancer , a reporter who attended the concert told CNN on Sunday . `` But that is no longer a death sentence . People with cancer are getting through this thing , '' Williams said , according to Tyler Francke with the Branson Tri-Lakes News . `` They 're kicking it , and they 're winning more and more every year . And I 'm going to be one of them , '' Francke quoted the singer as saying . Williams , 83 , shared the news during his Christmas Show at the Moon River Theater , which he founded in 1992 , according to the theater 's website . `` Moon River '' was one of Williams ' most popular songs . The description of Williams ' Christmas Show on his website lists several guest stars , and notes that `` due to health reasons , Andy may not make a live appearance in his Christmas Show . '' In his statement , the singer said he plans to return to performing in 2012 . Attempts by CNN to contact the Moon River Theater for comment were not immediately successful . Williams began his singing career as a child in a quartet with his three older brothers . He later got a regular gig on Steve Allen 's `` Tonight '' show and then his own variety program , `` The Andy Williams Show , '' in the 1960s . CNN 's Denise Quan contributed to this report .
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