Singer-Songwriter Neil Sedaka
Rushed to Hospital
Revealed
Neil Sedaka — a legendary singer-songwriter who gained worldwide fame within the Sixties — has been rushed to a hospital in L.A. … TMZ has realized.
Household sources inform TMZ … Neil wasn’t feeling effectively Friday morning and was taken in an ambulance to the hospital, the place he’s recovering.
The L.A. County West Hollywood sheriff’s station tells TMZ … deputies assisted the fireplace division on a “medical request” name, and paramedics transported him to an area hospital at about 8 AM at present.
Sedaka started his profession by singing with the group The Tokens within the mid-Nineteen Fifties. The Tokens blew up in 1961 with their hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” … although Neil had left the band by that point.
Neil had a number of No. 1 hits within the early ’60s … together with “Oh! Carol,” “Calendar Girl,” and “Breaking Up is Hard to Do.” He noticed a profession resurgence within the mid-Nineteen Seventies with the success of his songs “Laughter in the Rain” and “Bad Blood.”
Sedaka has been nominated for 5 Grammy awards in his illustrious profession. He was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 1983, and he is additionally acquired a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
Neil has popped up on tv a couple of occasions through the years too … with friends spots on “King of Queens” and “The Carol Burnett Show” amongst his credit. He additionally served as a visitor Choose on “American Idol” season 2 — raving about Clay Aiken’s cowl of his track “Solitaire.”
Neil married his spouse Leba Strassberg in 1962 … the couple share two youngsters.
