Pin ItemailprintCountry music legend Merle Haggard has been admitted to a Georgia hospital with pneumonia. He’s postponed the rest of his concert dates in January, according to his spokeswoman. Haggard, 74, was admitted to the Macon hospital on Tuesday after he cancelled a show there just seven minutes before he was to take the stage. [...]
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A New York man says he almost had an asthma attack after receiving a $44 million medical bill from a local hospital in the mail. Alexis Rodriguez, a 28-year-old unemployed doorman, got the huge bill after being treated for pneumonia at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital last week. “I almost had an asthma attack,” said Rodriguez. The whole [...]
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Emmy-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played Col. Potter on the hit TV series M*A*S*H, died today at the age of 96. According to his daughter-in-law Beth Morgan, the actor died at his residence in Brentwood, California, after a bout with pneumonia. Morgan most often appeared in supporting roles in film, playing opposite such great stars [...]
Singer George Michael has had to postpone the rest of his European tour due to ongoing treatment for “severe” pneumonia, according to his spokesperson. She also denies rumors that Michael is suffering from serious heart problems, adding that he’s “slowly improving” in a hospital in Vienna. “George Michael is ill with pneumonia and any other [...]
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Here’s one that will have you scratching your head. An email sent out to members of the Crystal Cathedral congregation requesting meals for founder Rev. Robert Schuller‘s ailing wife has sparked outrage. The email asked that that meals for Arvella Schuller, who is ill with pneumonia, be dropped off at the cathedral’s Tower of Hope [...]
Tom Wilson, the cartoonist who created the hapless Ziggy character for American Greetings, died on Friday at the age of 80 due to complications from pneumonia. Wilson invented the round-headed cartoon character for a line of greeting cards some 40 years ago and he later wound up in a syndicated comic strip and cartoon show. [...]
Frances Bay, a veteran actress known for portraying sweet little old ladies, died last week at the age of 92 from complications due to pneumonia. After working as a radio actress before World War II, Bay got married and became a housewife. She went back to acting in the 1970s and her career flourished. She [...]
Blues singer Marvin Sease died today in Vicksburg, Mississippi, just 8 days shy of his 65th birthday. The official cause of death has not yet been released, but sources indicate he died from pneumonia. Born in Blackville, South Carolina, Sease got his start as a gospel singer with the group The Five Gospel Crowns. After [...]
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne is dead at the age of 96, according to his agent Rick Hersh. He died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia on Sunday at his California home. LaLanne ate a healthy diet and exercised every day of his life. LaLanne said that fitness changed his life as a teen and spent [...]
Hollywood film director Blake Edwards has died at the age of 88. Edwards died on Wednesday night at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California due to complications from pneumonia. He is probably best know for directing the “Pink Panther” films, but he also directed such movies as the Audrey Hepburn classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” [...]
“Surely, you can’t be serious.” “I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley.” Leslie Nielsen wouldn’t have wanted news of his death to begin any other way. Yes, the iconic actor has died at the age of 84. The comedy great and “Airplane!” legend passed away on Sunday in Florida after being treated for pneumonia. After [...]
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All is well in the Gulf, they say. The oil has almost totally disappeared, they say. Not so, according to those who live and work in and around the Gulf of Mexico. The fallout from the Deepwater Horizon explosion will take years, perhaps decades, to play out fully but this much is certain…people are sick [...]
