Illinois TV Anchorman Says He Has Months To Live

Dave Benton

A television best news anchorman battling brain cancer in Illinois has said to viewers he has just four to six months to live, but he hopes to work as long as he can.

During a newscast Thursday, Dave Benton said to viewers of WCIA-TV in Champaign that medics lately said to him that his brain tumor is as well large for surgery or radiation.

He states he'll try a new treatment to slow the tumor's expansion, but that his goal is to add "a handful more days and make them the finest they can be."

Benton's online biography states he has worked at the station for nine years.