Veteran rock and roll icon Bo Diddley is in intensive care following a stroke. The 78 year old singer songwriter and guitarist was admitted to the Creighton University Medical Centre in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday after he became disorientated following a gig in Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to publicist Susan Clary. She added that tests indicated the stroke has affected the left side of his brain, which will impair speech and speech recognition, but said she had no other details on Diddley's ongoing condition.
Jul 17, 2005
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Bo Diddley has a stroke
Bo Diddley is in intensive care in Omaha after suffering a stroke, which affected the left side of his brain, according to his publicist Susan Clary.