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Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized in Chicago, Rainbow/PUSH Confirms

His organization confirmed the admission without releasing medical details.

Overview

  • The 84-year-old civil rights leader was admitted on Wednesday, according to the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
  • Rainbow/PUSH did not identify the hospital or provide information about his condition.
  • CBS Chicago, citing unnamed sources, reported he was taken to the hospital for observation.
  • Jackson has lived with Parkinson's disease since 2015 and was hospitalized twice in 2021 with COVID-19.
  • He stepped down as head of Rainbow/PUSH in 2023 after decades of leadership, and he was hospitalized last month for a lung infection.