Watts has beaten cancer, Mick Jagger reports

Watts has beaten cancer,Mick Jagger reports
LONDON -- Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has won a battle with throat cancer, lead singer Mick Jagger said.
Watts, 63, was diagnosed with cancer four months ago and recently finished a successful six-week chemotherapy treatment at a London hospital.
"Charlie has had all his treatments and he's now been cleared and is free of any illness," Jagger told the Daily Mirror for Saturday's editions.
The chemotherapy left Watts weak, and he will spend time recovering with his wife, Shirley, before going back to work, the Mirror reported.
The drummer has recently split his time between the Stones and his jazz band, Tentet. Jagger said he hoped to record new material and schedule a tour in the near future for the Stones.
"Keith Richards and I have been writing lots of songs for the new Rolling Stones album," Jagger said. "We haven't booked the tour yet and when we do we'll let you know, but there will definitely be another one."
Glen Campbell to receiveWestern Heritage Award
LOS ANGELES -- Glen Campbell is joining a heady list of Western heroes.
The Autry National Center is honoring Campbell with its Western Heritage Award for promoting the spirit and legacy of the American West. Past recipients include James Stewart, James Garner, Clint Eastwood, James Arness, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Robert Wagner, Clayton Moore and Gene Autry.
"I'm in some pretty heavy company," said Campbell, 68, noting, "Gene Autry was my hero. Dad would take us to see his movies. Gene Autry was just awesome.
"He was always the good guy, who didn't lie, steal or cheat. He was so considerate of other people. I was glad to find out that Gene Autry was just like that off the screen."
Campbell served 10 nights in jail for extreme drunken driving earlier this year after an arrest near his posh Phoenix home. His string of hits includes "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Galveston," "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix."
Panamanian governmentcancels Connery passport
PANAMA CITY, Panama -- James Bond no longer has diplomatic status -- at least not in Panama.
On Friday the government canceled 121 diplomatic passports issued by the previous presidential administration, including one extended to actor Sean Connery.
The cancellations came as part of a massive effort to clean up and update the Foreign Relation Department's files, according to Vice President Samuel Lewis Navarro.
The vice president described the Scotland-born Connery as a friend of former President Mireya Moscoso. Connery traveled to Panama in March 2003, visited a coffee plantation belonging to Moscoso and received an award from the then-president.
Today's birthdays
Comedian Jan Murray is 87. Actor Charlton Heston is 81. Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 75. Actress Felicia Farr is 72. Actor Eddie Applegate is 69. Author Jackie Collins is 63. Author Anne Rice is 63. Actress Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 63. Actor Clifton Davis is 59. Actress Susan Sarandon is 58. Actor Armand Assante is 55. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 54. Producer Russell Simmons is 47. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 45. Country musician Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 44. Actor David W. Harper is 43. Singer Jon Secada is 43. TV personality John Melendez ("The Tonight Show") is 39. Actor Liev Schreiber is 37. Actor Abraham Benrubi is 35. Country singer-musician Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 34. Rock musician Andy Parle is 34. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 28. Actor Phillip Glasser is 26. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 25. Actor Jimmy Workman is 24. Rhythm and blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 17. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 17.