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Joni Mitchell was reportedly rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after falling ill at her Los Angeles home.
A 911 call was placed around 2:30 p.m. local time reportedly saying there was an unconscious female at the residence. The legendary folk singer was said to be conscious, however, when paramedics transported her to the hospital. According to TMZ, Mitchell is in the intensive care unit, and while the cause of the health crisis has not been disclosed, “it appears to be quite serious.”
Mitchell, of course, was a 1960s and 1970s icon, with her music and spirit alike influencing a generation, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Some of her most notable songs include “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Woodstock,” and “Both Sides Now.” Over the course of her decades-long career, Mitchell has won 8 Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and both Album of the Year and Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 2007.
That record, Shine, is her most recent to date, though a compliation called Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced came out last year. Mitchell, who is 71, was last seen at February’s star-studded Pre-Grammy Gala and Salute To Industry Icons. Mitchell herself was honored last fall at the Hammer Museum Gala In The Garden event. Gossip Cop will have updates.
