Etta James in LA hospital

R&B soulstress Etta James is in stable condition in a Los Angeles hospital, suffering from complications following abdominal surgery, her manager said.

The 69-year-old vocalist was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, following the mid-June surgery, Lupe De Leon wrote in an email to Reuters. James hopes to be well enough by the end of August to join blues icon B.B. King and soul veteran Al Green on a tour that began in Florida on Tuesday.

"If it had been left solely up to her, she would have checked herself out of the hospital and started the tour regardless of her delicate health," De Leon said. "However, her doctor advised that were she to do so, it would put her at very great risk."

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