 Nancy Wilson: Jazz singer hospitalized
The 71 year old Grammy-winning singer, Nancy Wilson was hospitalized on Monday for treatment of a collapsed lung.
Devra Levy, wife of Wilson's manager, John Levy said, Nancy Wilson was expected to recover but will not be able to make a performance scheduled in Memphis, Tenn., next weekend. She said, the singer was in good spirits.
Nancy Wilson, who lives in the Southern California high desert, began having pain and was taken to the hospital by her husband, Wiley Burton.
Devra Levy said she did not know the cause of the collapsed lung but Wilson has had some respiratory problems over the years.
Wilson has been singing professionally for more than 50 years and now she is semiretired.
Last year, Nancy Wilson's album "Turned to Blue" won the Grammy for best jazz vocal album. She also won that category at the 2005 Grammys for the album "R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)." In 1965 she was presented the Grammy for best rhythm & blues recording for "How Glad I Am". |