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John Mellencamp Says Daughter Teddi Is 'Really Sick' in Ongoing Brain Cancer Fight

He said he is trying to move her back to Indiana to help with care.

Overview

  • On a Jan. 14 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, the 74-year-old musician said his daughter has cancer in the brain and is suffering right now.
  • Teddi said in October 2025 that scans showed no detectable cancer, clarifying she was not in remission and would continue immunotherapy.
  • In a TODAY appearance, Mellencamp said he wants her to relocate to Indiana and described good days followed by several days of feeling very ill after immunotherapy.
  • Her melanoma, first diagnosed in 2022, advanced to stage 4 with spread to her brain and lungs; she underwent emergency brain surgery in February 2025, then radiation and immunotherapy.
  • Teddi has previously said doctors gave her about a 50/50 survival outlook and that she has undergone numerous procedures, including the removal of multiple melanomas.