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Ferlin Husky Hospitalized

Posted by Sarah Norton on 07/06/2009
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Ailing Country star Ferlin Husky has been hospitalized in Tennessee, according to a spokesman.

Tracy Pitcox, President of Heart of Texas Records, said the 83-year-old singer was admitted to Summit Medical Center’s critical care unit in Hermitage, Tenn., on Thursday.

Husky had an accelerated heart rate and possible pneumonia. The singer is also being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Pitcox said Husky was very weak and would be undergoing tests through the weekend.

This isn’t the first time this year the artist has been admitted to the hospital. In April, he was hospitalized with congestive heart failure and pneumonia after a month-long tour in Texas.

Husky was Country Music's top entertainer in the early 1960s with hits like "Wings of a Dove" and "Gone." His latest album, released in 2007, is called The Way It Was.