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Joni Mitchell still hospitalized, but not in a coma
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[April 29, 2015]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell remains
hospitalized but alert and "has her full senses," her
official website said Tuesday, denying various media
reports that she had slipped into a coma.
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Mitchell, 71, who was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital
last month after being found unconscious in her home from an
undisclosed medical emergency, is expected to make a full
recovery, her website said.
"As we all know, Joni is a strong-willed woman and is nowhere
near giving up the fight," the statement said.
Celebrity news website TMZ first reported Mitchell was in a coma
on Tuesday, citing legal documents filed by the singer's
longtime friend Leslie Morris, who TMZ said was seeking
conservatorship over the singer's affairs.
But Mitchell's website suggested TMZ had misinterpreted the
documents in question.
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"The document obtained by a certain media outlet simply gives
her longtime friend Leslie Morris the authority - in the absence
of 24-hour doctor care - to make care decisions for Joni once
she leaves the hospital," the singer's website said.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Apr/29/images/ads/current/st_claras_lda_082114.png) The Canadian-born Mitchell, one of the recording stars of the
Woodstock era, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1997 and is best known for her highly influential albums in
the late 1960s and '70s, including "Clouds," "Ladies of the
Canyon," "Court and Spark" and "Blue."
Her sprightly soprano voice, one of the most distinctive of her
generation, graced such hits as "Big Yellow Taxi, "Free Man in
Paris" and "Raised on Robbery."
She made a comeback of sorts in 1995 with the album "Turbulent
Indigo," which earned Mitchell her third Grammy award, for best pop
album.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Leslie
Adler)
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