MACON, Ga., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Country music icon Merle Haggard is hospitalized in Macon, Ga., with pneumonia and has postponed seven scheduled shows, his publicist said Thursday.
Haggard, 74, was admitted Tuesday, before a scheduled show in Macon. His publicist told the Los Angeles Times the Country Music Hall of Fame member hopes to be out of the hospital in a few days, and that "he sounded in good spirits when I spoke to him (Wednesday)."