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Article: Lakers Owner Buss Is Hospitalized
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- Article date:
- October 16, 2002
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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss collapsed at
a fund-raising dinner Tuesday night and was rushed to a hospital,
where he was in stable condition.
Buss, 69, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where hospital
spokesman Johnny Hagerman declined to release any other details on
Buss' condition.
Buss was attending the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills when
he became ill at about 10 p.m. Team spokesman John Black said Buss
was conscious as he was taken away by ambulance.
"Apparently he was seated there and he just collapsed," Black said.
CNN's Larry King said he was sitting across from Buss when the owner
was stricken while blues ...