Farrakhan Has Emergency Surgery
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From Times Wire Reports
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan underwent emergency surgery and is more seriously ill than top organization officials have publicly acknowledged, according to sources at Howard University Hospital in Washington. Farrakhan’s worsening condition has set off a new wave of anxiety among his followers in the organization and the wider black community. Farrakhan, 65, was flown to the hospital bleeding and in great pain. He underwent emergency surgery to administer radiation for a recurrence of prostate cancer, according to hospital sources.
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