Leo Sayer 1977. Sayer's family has a history of cancer; both his parents died of cancer, as did other family members on both sides. On his 65th birthday, after experiencing intestinal problems, Sayer was given a colonoscopy which revealed he had intestinal ulcers and a tumor. He underwent surgery which successfully treated both problems and revealed that the tumor was benign. Leo Sayer Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is a British-born singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. He is now an Australian citizen and resident. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom
Paul Sayer Paul Sayer Paul Sayer (born 4 October 1955, South Milford, near Leeds) is an English author. His first novel, "The Comforts of Madness" won the 1988 Whitbread Award for both Best First Novel, and Book of the Year. Born in South Milford near Leeds, Sayer has lived in and around York since the age of 18. He was working as a psychiatric nurse in Clifton Hospital in York whilst writing his first prizewinning novel, drawing on his own experiences it is a first-person account of a speechless, catatonic patient in a hospital therapy unit. Over the next few years, with