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Warren Buffett says he has prostate cancer

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren E. Buffett rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after the opening bell on Wall Street In New York, Sept. 30, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren E. Buffett rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after the opening bell on Wall Street In New York, Sept. 30, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo | License Photo

NEW YORK, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. investor Warren Buffett, one of the world's wealthiest people, said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer.

The 81-year-old chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway said in a letter his doctors have told him his condition "is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way," NBC News reported.

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"I will let shareholders know immediately should my health situation change," Buffett said, adding a dead-pan acknowledgment of his mortality. "Eventually, of course, it will; but I believe that day is a long way off."

The investment guru said he will start a two-month treatment of daily radiation in mid-July.

Buffett said in February he has chosen his successor at Berkshire Hathaway, but has not divulged who it is.

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