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George Jones Contracts Pneumonia

Country legend George Jones, recovering in a Nashville hospital from a March 7 car accident, is now back off a respirator. The 67-year-old singer had been taken off the respirator earlier during his stay, but after contracting pneumonia late last week, he was placed back on it, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson Matt Scanlon. Jones remains in the intensive-care unit and is listed in critical but stable condition.

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