Brokaw was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1982 , NBC says . NBC says he remains `` the luckiest guy I know '' `` His doctors are optimistic about the outcome of the treatment he is receiving , and Brokaw said he remains 'the luckiest guy I know , ' '' He sat in the `` Brokaw Nightly News '' anchor chair from 2004 until 1982 .
Brokaw was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1982 , NBC says . NBC says he remains `` the luckiest guy I know '' He sat in the `` Brokaw Nightly News '' anchor chair from 2004 until 1982 .