Singer Connie Francis, 87, knowledgeable followers on Wednesday (July 2) that she had been rushed to the intensive care unit at a hospital in Florida. In a publish on her official Facebook feed, Francis wrote, “I’m again in hospital the place I’ve been present process exams and checks to find out the trigger(s) of the intense ache I’ve been experiencing. I had hoped to participate in [radio broadcaster Cousin] Brucie’s present for Independence Day, having needed to cancel a earlier slot a couple of weeks in the past when receiving therapy on my hip. Sadly, I needed to let him know that I once more needed to withdraw.”
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In a follow-up post a couple of hours later, Francis mentioned that after a collection of exams for the undisclosed ailment within the ICU she had been moved to a personal room. “Thanks all on your sort ideas, phrases and prayers. They imply a lot!” wrote the singer who retired from the music trade in 2018.
In response to People, the singer revealed in Might that she was in a wheelchair attributable to a hip damage after a March FB publish wherein she mentioned she was awaiting stem cell remedy to deal with a “troublesome painful hip.” At press time no extra info was obtainable about the reason for her hospitalization and a spokesperson for the singer had not returned Billboard‘s request for remark.
In 1960, Francis grew to become the primary girl to attain a No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 together with her signature hit, “Everyone’s Someone’s Idiot.” Earlier this yr, she topped TikTok’s Viral 50 and High 50 when a slew of lip synch movies of individuals’s pets and children — together with ones from Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian — cued to her 1962 hit “Fairly Little Child” blew up on the platform.
Finest recognized for her 1958 Scorching 100 No. 2 hit “My Happiness,” her different No. 1 on the chart, 1960’s “My Coronary heart Has a Thoughts of Its Personal” and the 1959 No. 5 charting single “Lipstick On Your Collar,” Francis instructed Billboard in Might that she hardly remembered the obscure, six-decade-old tune.
“I needed to hearken to it to determine it,” she mentioned of “Fairly Little Child,” which has spawned greater than three million TikTok movies up to now. “Then, in fact, I acknowledged the truth that I had accomplished it in seven languages.”