Warren Zevon appears on CBS 'Late Show'

NEW YORK (Warren Zevon Official Website) - A terminally ill Warren Zevon joked to David Letterman that his diagnosis "means you better get your dry cleaning done on special.''

The singer, one of Letterman's favorite artists, made a poignant appearance on CBS' ` Late Show' Wednesday, singing three songs.
Zevon, whose more than three-decades long career began with "Wanted Dead or Alive'' in 1969, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Zevon said he had suffered from shortness of breath for several months and only saw a doctor after he confided his condition to his dentist.
"I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years,'' the 55-year-old singer said. "It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off.''

Letterman remarked that Zevon, dressed in a loose-fitting, pinstriped suit, looked well. "Don't be fooled by cosmetics,'' he replied.

The notoriously hard-living Zevon said he "chose a certain path and lived like Jim Morrison and lived 30 more years. You make choices and you have to live with the consequences.''
Letterman said he wasn't sure he could crack jokes if he were in Zevon's situation.
"I know you would,'' Zevon said.