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Article: Farrakhan discloses illness, gives up duties: Tells followers he's dehydrated, anemic
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 23, 2006
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Citing illness, Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial and
charismatic leader of the black Muslim group the Nation of Islam,
said he is relinquishing day-to-day operations of his group.
Farrakhan, 73, who was operated on for prostate cancer in 2000,
said that doctors in Cuba last March discovered "an ulcer in the anal
area" and that he has lost 20 pounds in the past six weeks.
He is under undisclosed treatment guided by Howard University
physicians, Farrakhan said in a letter dated Sept. 11 and posted
Friday on the Web site of the group's newspaper, the Final Call.
Howard physicians in Washington discovered "serious infection and
inflammation" and that he was dehydrated and ...