Marianne Faithfull Hospitalized After Testing Positive for Coronavirus

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By DANIEL KREPS

Rolling Stone

Marianne Faithfull& is currently in a London hospital after testing positive for the& coronavirus,& Rolling Stone& has confirmed.

“Marianne Faithfull’s manager François Ravard has confirmed that Marianne is being treated for COVID-19 in hospital in London,” the singer’s reps said in a statement to& Rolling Stone& Saturday. “She is stable and responding to treatment. We all wish her well and a full and speedy recovery.”

Faithfull’s longtime friend Penny Arcade told& Rolling Stone& that the singer was sheltering in place following the United Kingdom’s order to do so when she developed a cold. Out of caution, Faithfull checked herself into the hospital on Monday, where she tested positive for COVID-19. She remains hospitalized after developing pneumonia, Arcade said.

The smoky-voiced chanteuse has a long history of health issues, including hepatitis C — a condition she’s battled for decades — and a brief bout with breast cancer in 2016. Faithfull has also been open about her struggles with drug abuse and anorexia.

Faithfull, who last released her late-career masterwork& Negative Capacity& in 2018, is the latest musician to test positive for the novel coronavirus, a global pandemic that has contributed toward the deaths of& Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger,& country singer Joe Diffie& and jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. Beloved singer John Prine is also& hospitalized& with COVID-19.

Additional reporting by& Jason Newman&


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