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Toni Braxton Hospitalized
By Natasha Stoynoff
Originally posted Tuesday April 08, 2008 03:55 PM EDT
Grammy-winning singer Toni Braxton was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital Monday night, says a spokeswoman for a hotel-casino where the singer has been performing.
Braxton was admitted to the St. Rose Dominican Hospital with an undisclosed ailment that is not life-threatening, Deanna Pettit, of the Flamingo Hotel-Casino, tells the Associated Press.
The singer, 40, is expected to be released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon. She has been headlining her live show "Toni Braxton: Revealed" five days a week at the Flamingo since 2006.
While the nature of Braxton's illness was not disclosed, the singer has spoken in public about her heart condition, pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart.
"I found out about five or four years ago" the artist told PEOPLE in February. "I've also been diagnosed with hypertension."
This year, Braxton became a spokesperson for The American Heart Association.
She was not scheduled to perform Sunday or Monday night and Pettit says Tuesday's show will most likely will be canceled.
Calls to Braxton's publicist have not as yet been returned. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20189879,00.html
By Natasha Stoynoff
Originally posted Tuesday April 08, 2008 03:55 PM EDT
Grammy-winning singer Toni Braxton was admitted to a Las Vegas hospital Monday night, says a spokeswoman for a hotel-casino where the singer has been performing.
Braxton was admitted to the St. Rose Dominican Hospital with an undisclosed ailment that is not life-threatening, Deanna Pettit, of the Flamingo Hotel-Casino, tells the Associated Press.
The singer, 40, is expected to be released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon. She has been headlining her live show "Toni Braxton: Revealed" five days a week at the Flamingo since 2006.
While the nature of Braxton's illness was not disclosed, the singer has spoken in public about her heart condition, pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart.
"I found out about five or four years ago" the artist told PEOPLE in February. "I've also been diagnosed with hypertension."
This year, Braxton became a spokesperson for The American Heart Association.
She was not scheduled to perform Sunday or Monday night and Pettit says Tuesday's show will most likely will be canceled.
Calls to Braxton's publicist have not as yet been returned. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20189879,00.html