Hospital silent about condition of singer
It was later revealed that Olivia had hepatitis.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (UPI).
Singer Olivia Newton-John apparently remains hospitalized but hospital officials refuse to discuss the entertainer’s condition or a possible release date.
A spokeswoman for St. John’s Hospital said orders had been given to refuse to answer all inquiries about Miss Newton-John. The singer’s representatives could not be contacted.
Miss Newton-John was hospitalized Wednesday - for what a spokesman called “routine tests” after running a fever for several days and ignoring doctors’ warnings not to sing at the Academy Awards ceremonies a week ago.
She was expected to be released “in a couple of days,” he said then.
It was at first thought she had a liver problem, but this was ruled out, the spokesman said, but the nature of her illness was not announced.
Miss Newton-John was told not to perform at the Oscar awards Monday night when she first reported feeling ill, but she insisted on keeping an engagement to sing a song from her hit movie “Grease,” the spokesman said.