Overview
- Paris was rushed to a hospital after a reported cardiac incident at San Francisco’s Chase Center on Thursday, August 6, and was taken to the emergency room in critical condition.
- Doctors placed him in a medically induced coma to provide critical care and family updates say he briefly regained consciousness before his blood pressure rose and he had trouble breathing, prompting renewed sedation.
- A family-backed Facebook page run by Shelly Clark White and others has provided the principal public updates while the band has not issued separate medical details.
- A GoFundMe created to help Paris’s wife Kathy Merrick and daughter Kyla has drawn tens of thousands of dollars, and Merrick plus close friends have stayed at his bedside with Honey Cone postponing some shows to allow her to remain nearby.
- Earth, Wind & Fire postponed the Chase Center concert the night of the emergency, rescheduled that show for September 26, and the Sing a Song All Night Long tour has continued while Paris’s medical team monitors his condition and has not released further clinical specifics.