Trudeau health worries
Concerns grow as ex-PM's sons say frail father 'is
not well'
By SEAN DURKAN -- Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA, September 8,2000 -- Friends and political foes
alike were offering prayers and good
wishes last night for Pierre Trudeau, as
fears mounted over reports that the former
prime minister is "seriously ill."
Amid mounting rumours about Trudeau's
health, his sons Justin and Sacha issued a
press release yesterday stating their father
"is not well."
The brief statement added he was "resting
comfortably with his family and receiving
medical attention," and requested the family's privacy be
respected.
"His boys are there (at Trudeau's home), they rent movies,"
Trudeau's personal assistant, Ann Paris, said yesterday.
The press release only fuelled more rumours and left many fearing
for the worst for the politician Canadians either love or hate but
always respect.
Trudeau, who turns 81 next month suffers from PARKINSON's
disease and had a serious bout with pneumonia last January,
which friends say permanently sapped his strength.
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-- With files from Anne Dawson, Antonella Artuso and CP
Copyright © 2000, Canoe Limited Partnership.
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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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