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- June 22, 1992: Hospitalized:Ben Vereen
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- June 22, 1992 Allergies
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 36
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- <p> HOSPITALIZED. Ben Vereen, 45, versatile entertainer who
- played Chicken George in the mini-series Roots and won a Tony for
- his star turn in the Broadway musical Pippin; after being hit by
- a car while walking along a highway in the middle of the night;
- in Los Angeles. Six hours earlier, Vereen crashed his Corvette
- into a tree after falling asleep at the wheel on the same road
- and was taken in by police for sobriety tests, which he passed.
- The car that hit Vereen was driven by producer David Foster, who
- won a Grammy in February for Natalie Cole's Unforgettable album.
- It was unclear why Vereen was walking on the highway. Vereen's
- 16-year-old daughter was killed in an auto accident in New
- Jersey in 1987; he subsequently went into a severe depression
- and battled alcohol and drug abuse.
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