“Entertainer Danny Kaye gravely ill with hepatitis”
Merced Sun-
LOS ANGELES (AP) Entertainer Danny Kaye was in extremely critical condition Monday night after being hospitalized with hepatitis and intestinal bleeding, a spokesman said.
Kaye, 74, was admitted Sunday to Cedars-
Wise said the Emmy-
The entertainer’s family was at his side Monday night, Wise said.
“They had a personal message, thanking his fans,” the spokesman said.
Kaye, whose entertainment career spans television, movies and music, recently was hospitalized for three weeks, Wise said. He was released last week after being treated for a leg condition and was readmitted Sunday, Wise said.
The nature of the leg ailment was not immediately known.
“His condition is bad,” Wise said.
Kaye starred in such screen classics as “The Inspector General,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” “Hans Christian Andersen” and “White Christmas.”
He was born David Daniel Kominsky on Jan. 18, 1913, in Brooklyn, N.Y.