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| During January 1995 Reg suffered a debilitating illness which led to a worrying time for Reg's
wife Roslyn as well as family, friends and fans alike. To see someone you admire so much in trouble the way Reg was is a terrible experience, for me as a fan and a friend so I can imagine just how bad it was for Ros and the family. Knowing Reg the way I believe I know him, I believe if anyone can pull through this it would be Reg, he has a great zest for life, and a strength of character that I know that comes in second to no one. Listed below is a number of Daily Telegraph stories following the progress of Reg's hospitalisation and gradual improvement.  |
| By Justin Coomber 26/1/1995 AUSTRALIAN country music superstar Reg Lindsay is seri- ously ill suffering a brain Haemorrhage. Mr Lindsay, 63, collapsed in a Tamworth motel room yester- day morning and was found by one of his band members. One of Australia's best-known country singers, he had per- formed at a rodeo the night be- fore in conjunction with the 1995 Tamworth Australasian Coun- try Music Festival. The singer was first taken to Tamworth Base Hospital but then to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital in the afternoon. A spokesman for the music festival, David Douglas, said that Mr Lindsay was listed in a "serious but stable" condition last night. "Reg is always one of the most popular performersat the Tam- worth festival." Mr Douglas said. "We are all thinking of him and wish him the best". He was to appear in a Tam- worth record store yesterday to | 
promote his new album, no Slowing Down. He was also booked to appear in a living legend segment at the music festival's Golden Guitar awards on Saturday night. Mr Lindsay was booked into hospital for a bypass operation three years ago but opted for a combination of natural methods and reversed his condition in three months. He has been in the country music business for more than 40 years and enjoyed long-lasting success here and in the US, | where few Australian artists have made the transition. He won Golden Guitars awards for male vocalist of the year in 1974 with July Your A Woman, in 1978 for Silence On The Line and in 1980 for Empty Arms Hotel. He hosted country music programs on 2CH and 2SM and started the first Australian country music television show, in 1964. This was followed by Reg Lindsay's Country Home- stead, which finished in 1978. Awarded the order of Aus- tralia for his services to music, he was also elevated to the Aust- ralian Country Music Roll of Renown in 1984. In recent years, he was in- volved in developement of popular Koala Country Show at Dream- world on the Gols Coast. By far his biggest success was the song Armstrong, inspired by astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1969 Moon landing. The song has been placed in the world's largest time capsule - buried at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. |
27/1/1995  Lindsay 'stable' AUSTRALIAN country music star Reg Lindsay remained in a serious condition after a brain haemmorrhage but was no longer in intensive care, Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital said yesterday. Lindsay, 63, had been in Tam worth for the country music festival when he collapsed in a motel room. He was found by a band member on Wednesday morning.
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Lindsay Surgery tests wait VETERAN country and western singer Reg Lindsay is awaiting the results of tests done after he suffered a brain haemorrhage early on Wednesday. The tests, being done by Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital, will determine if the 63-year-old will re quire surgery. Lindsay was rushed to the hospital by air ambulance after he col lapsed in Tamworth about 6.30am Wednesday. He had been due to fly to Melbourne on Aus tralia Day to perform at Flemington Race course and was to sing at the annual Country Music Awards in Tam worth tonight (Saturday) for the first time in 17 years. "He'll sing again if he has his way," wife Roslyn said yesterday. "They told me the first 48 hours were critical and we have passed that. Mrs Lindsay has kept a vigil at her husband's bedside along with his daughters Dianne and Sandra. A third daughter Joanne, flew in from London late last night. Mrs Lindsay said they had been overwhelmed by the calls and faxes received. Telegraph Sunday 29th January 1995 | Lindsay suffers a relapse 
The 63-year-old was returned to the intensive care ward at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital late on Friday night after experiencing a setback. Doctors had been pleased with his progress since he fuffered a brain haemorrhage during the Tamworth Country Music Festival last Wednesday Tests had been carried out on Friday to determine if surgery to clip the aneurism was required. "Mr Lindsay's condition has deteriorated and is now listed as serious," hospital spokesman Vince Magill said yesterday. Lindsay's wife, Roslyn, and daughter Dianne and Sandra have kept a vigil at his bedside since Wednesday A third daughter Joanne flew in from London late on Friday to be with her father. "Reg is a determined man and nothing will keep him down if he has his way," his wife said. He was really looking forward to singing at the awards after such a long time but hopefully he'll make it next year. "This came as a real shock to us all. Reg had been in good health and was enjoying a very busy time at Tamworth. "I'm just thankful that he is still with us and I know he will come through this." |
| Roland Storm |