Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Reportedly Hospitalized with 'Double Pneumonia' in Las Vegas
By Mike Cardillo
WWE legend Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts has reportedly been hospitalized in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, Roberts flew to a show in Vegas, but passed out during the flight and was subsequently was taken to a hospital upon landing. Wrestling Inc. reports that Roberts has double pneumonia, along with fluid in his lungs and a mass on his brain.
Diamond Dallas Page offered up this update on Twitter after speaking with Roberts’ girlfriend:
Just spoke to @JakeSnakeDDT 's girlfriend, Jake is now conscious but still fading in and out. Please keep the prayers coming.
— Diamond Dallas Page (@RealDDP) August 28, 2014
Roberts, 59, previously spent time living with Page in Florida, taking DDP’s yoga program to work his body back toward health. The story was featured on HBO’s Real Sports last year. The WWE inducted Roberts into its Hall of Fame in its Class of 2014. Roberts reportedly had emergency surgery in February to remove a tumor behind his knee.
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