Bluegrass Today: Doc Watson hospitalized after fall

Jason Sandford

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Folk music legend Doc Watson, 89, has been hospitalized, according to Bluegrass Today. More:

According to two close friends of Watson’s, Doc fell on Monday and was taken to a regional hospital near his home. After taking a turn for the worse, he was airlifted to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem where he is being treated for what may be a case of pneumonia. Though unconfirmed at this point, there is the possibility that Doc is also suffering from kidney failure.