Country music star Colt Ford is “in stable but critical condition” at a hospital in Arizona after suffering a heart attack last week.
That’s according to a spokesperson for the singer-songwriter, who shared the update with media on Saturday (Sunday in Australia).
Ford had the medical emergency on Thursday (Friday in Australia) following a show in Gilbert, Arizona, at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row, and was taken to a medical centre in Mesa, according to Ryan Bell, Ford’s manager of publicity.
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Over the weekend, Bell said the 53-year-old star has been transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale.
Ford – whose real name is Jason Farris Brown – is a multi-platinum artist from Georgia known for his contributions to both the country and rap music genres.
His 2012 album Declaration of Independence earned him five consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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Two years later, his follow-up record Thanks for Listening reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Rap Albums and Independent Albums charts.
In 2011, Ford was nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award for vocal event of the year for his performance of his song Cold Beer with Jamey Johnson.
Throughout his career, Ford has battled multiple health problems, including eye cancer and Myasthenia Gravis, a chronic autoimmune condition that results in weakness of skeletal muscles.
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In 2021, he revealed to People he had undergone surgery for eye cancer, saying he had first gone to the doctor after his friend noticed a spot on his eye.
“The doctor told me I was a week to 10 days from having to go on full chemo,” Ford recalled at the time.
He resumed his music career following the surgery, and married Jessica Brown.
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