Iconic singer and entertainer Connie Francis has revealed she was hospitalized on July 2 after present process a sequence of checks and examinations for “excessive ache.”
The “Fairly Little Child” hitmaker introduced the information on her Fb web page on Wednesday, writing, “I’m happy to advise that following a sequence of checks and examinations in Intensive Care, I’ve now been transferred to a non-public room. Thanks all to your sort ideas, phrases and prayers. They imply a lot! Love, Connie.”
Hours earlier, Francis instructed her followers, “I’m again in hospital the place I’ve been present process checks and checks to find out the trigger(s) of the intense ache I’ve been experiencing. I had hoped to participate in Brucie’s present for Independence Day, having needed to cancel a earlier slot just a few weeks in the past when receiving remedy on my hip. Sadly, I needed to let him know that I once more needed to withdraw.”
On June 25, the 87-year-old singer revealed she’d visited the hospital to find out the reason for “pelvic ache” on her proper facet. She knowledgeable her followers that medical doctors “suggested that this is because of a fracture,” including, “It appears like I could must depend on my wheelchair a little bit longer than anticipated.”
Francis was a chart-topper within the Fifties and Sixties, together with her hit file “Everyone’s Anyone’s Idiot” reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in 1960. She additionally labored as an actress, starring within the movies The place the Boys Are (1960), Observe the Boys (1963), On the lookout for Love (1964), and When the Boys Meet the Women (1965).
Lately, Francis’ music has skilled a resurgence, thanks partially to TikTok, the place her music “Fairly Little Child” has gone viral as a preferred lip-syncing monitor. In keeping with Folks, as of early June, it amassed greater than 10 billion views, making it to No. 1 on each TikTok’s Viral 50 and Prime 50 charts.
“To let you know the reality, I didn’t even bear in mind the music!” Francis instructed Folks in Could. “I needed to take heed to it to recollect. To suppose {that a} music I recorded 63 years in the past is touching the hearts of tens of millions of individuals is really superior. It’s an incredible feeling.”
Francis, who has since launched her personal official TikTok channel, added, “It’s an honor. To see that they’re paying homage to me is simply breathtaking.”