{"id":489816,"date":"2026-02-25T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489816\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:14:07","slug":"rangers-legend-ron-duguay-diagnosed-with-stage-4-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489816\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers legend Ron Duguay diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rangers legend Ron Duguay has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer<\/a>, he told Page Six, and his family has since created a GoFundMe page to help cover some of the costs.<\/a><\/p>\n

Duguay, 68, told Page Six the cancer originated in the colon and he\u2019s been fighting the disease for more than a year, having lost his appendix and gallbladder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it extremely hard asking for funds for all these costs I\u2019m going through,\u201d Duguay said to Page Six.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, I\u2019m helping others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay in an Instagram photo shared by one of his daughters. @mrs__shay\/Instagram<\/p>\n

He added cancer \u201csucks the life out of you,\u201d and is \u201cso freaking costly.\u201d<\/p>\n

His daughters wrote on the GoFundMe page that the donations would help cover travel, treatments, holistic care and potential new treatments.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur dad has never been someone who asks for help\u2026especially when it comes to money,\u201d Duguay\u2019s daughters wrote in their appeal, which has generated more than $31,000 as of Wednesday morning. \u201cHe has always tried to handle everything on his own and didn\u2019t want to burden anyone else with what he\u2019s going through. But after many conversations as a family, we decided to create this fundraiser for him because we\u2019ve seen firsthand the weight this battle has placed on him, both physically and financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of his cancer, he hasn\u2019t been able to work the way he normally would, yet he continues to fight with everything he has.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duguay, 68, is a part of Rangers lore, having helped the team reach the 1979 Stanley Cup Final after being selected with the No. 13 pick in the 1977 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n

He also later served as an analyst for MSG Network.<\/p>\n

Duguay\u2019s daughters noted in their campaign that the prior treatment the father received in Florida \u201cnearly cost him his life,\u201d which led to them shifting him to California\u2019s Orange County to be closer to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, this now requires him to fly from Florida to Orange County every two weeks for ongoing treatment,\u201d the daughters wrote. \u201cThe cost of constant travel, along with medical care, holistic therapies, supplements, and alternative healing approaches he has committed to, has become extremely overwhelming financially.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently, his cancer numbers have started to rise again, and while he continues his current treatments, we are now exploring additional treatment options outside of the United States in hopes of giving him the best possible chance. These treatments are very expensive and add another layer of financial strain during an already difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay with the Rangers in 1981. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Duguay added to Page Six that the cancer numbers spiked again, which has led him to consider alternative approaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to do all the alternative along with the Western medicine,\u201d Duguay said to Page Six. \u201cWhat I am learning, I will be able to share with others.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI need to get better so I can help others.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of Duguay\u2019s daughters, Shay, posted an emotional Instagram video with a caption revealing that her father is \u201cdoing everything he possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Living Antioxidant Water, blood ozone therapy, IV vitamin drips, ivermectin, methylene blue, and countless holistic approaches, while also continuing City of Hope\u2019s chemo protocol and undergoing major surgery on both his liver and colon,\u201d Shay wrote in her Instagram post Tuesday. \u201cHe is all in. Every single day. And through it all, his faith has never wavered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duguay initially played for the Rangers from 1977-83 before returning for parts of the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons. He also laced up skates for the Red Wings, Kings and Penguins in a 12-season career.<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay played for the Rangers for eight seasons. @mrs__shay\/Instagram<\/p>\n

He tallied 274 goals and 346 assists in his career, and made his lone All-Star appearance during the 1981-82 season with the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Duguay spent 12 years calling games for the Rangers on MSG Network before being dismissed in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rangers legend Ron Duguay has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, he told Page Six, and his family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4823,385,99],"class_list":["post-489816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}