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    Bo Diddley

    PRESS RELEASE
    Bo Diddley Hospitalized After Stroke

    OMAHA, Neb. -- Singer Bo Diddley has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.
    A press release from his publicist says the singer and songwriter was stricken after a performance on Sunday. The release says he showed signs of disorientation in a show in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb.

    The release says tests indicate Diddley had a stroke that has affected the left side of his brain, impairing his speech and speech recognition. He's in intensive care and his condition is listed as guarded.
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    Re: Bo Diddley

    Sad news. He's a living legend. He was great when I saw him live. A true entertainer and one of my favourites.
    You can't handle the truth!

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    Re: Bo Diddley Condition

    Bo Diddley Condition Improves
    USA Today
    By Eric Olson, Associated Press


    OMAHA — Four days after suffering a stroke, Bo Diddley walked around the intensive-care unit at Creighton University Medical Center, and doctors were encouraged that the singer-songwriter-guitarist would be able to perform again, his manager said.
    The 78-year-old Diddley told his audience that he wasn't feeling well during a show in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Saturday night. Diddley's manager, Margo Lewis, said she had the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer taken to the hospital by ambulance when he appeared disoriented at the Omaha airport on Sunday.

    Though Diddley's speech is impaired, he's made significant progress.

    "We're going to get a guitar for him and put it in his lap and let him entertain people here," Lewis said from the hospital. "People think that would be good therapy for him."

    Diddley, with his black glasses and low-slung guitar, has been an icon in the music industry since he topped the R&B charts with Bo Diddley in 1955. His other hits include Who Do You Love,Before You Accuse Me,Mona and I'm a Man.

    Diddley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and was given a lifetime achievement Grammy in 1998.

    Lewis said it's uncertain how long Diddley, who has a history of hypertension and diabetes, will be hospitalized in Omaha.

    He played two Saturday night shows at Harrah's Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs. He planned to fly home to Archer, Fla., before starting a month-long tour of the Midwest and United Kingdom on May 20 in Dallas.

    Those shows are canceled, Lewis said, but she believes Diddley will sing again, even though he'll require speech therapy first.

    "Singing a song is different than speaking," she said. "Even when there is a problem with speaking, or hesitancy, we've seen where people can sing perfectly."

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