{"id":261095,"date":"2026-09-02T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/lionel-richie-health-update-singer-home-doing-great-after-hospitalization\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:45:19","slug":"lionel-richie-health-update-singer-home-doing-great-after-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/lionel-richie-health-update-singer-home-doing-great-after-hospitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie Health Update: Singer Home &#038; &#8216;Doing Great&#8217; After Hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2275246\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lionel-richie\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Lionel Richie<\/strong><\/a> is back home in Los Angeles after recently being hospitalized in St Louis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 77-year-old singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/31\/lionel-richie-hospitalized-in-icu-after-falling-ill-during-st-louis-tour-stop\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/31\/lionel-richie-hospitalized-in-icu-after-falling-ill-during-st-louis-tour-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checked himself into a hospital<\/a> after performing in Missouri on Saturday night (August 29), where he was admitted to the ICU \u201cto have some tests run\u201d after falling ill during the concert that night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday (September 1), it was reported he was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/01\/lionel-richie-health-update-revealed-amid-his-hospitalization\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/01\/lionel-richie-health-update-revealed-amid-his-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doing okay<\/a>\u201d and remained hospitalized while undergoing testing for cardiac-related issues.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-01.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-01-788x1181.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Richie poses at the The King's Trust 5th Annual Gala\" class=\"wp-image-2275253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-01-788x1181.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-01-428x642.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge pss-trigger__badge--top-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-lionel-richie-is-back-home-and-doing-great\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lionel Richie is back home and \u201cdoing great\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lionel-richie-is-back-home-doing-great-following-hospitalization-exclusive-12077126?taid=6a9877d707aa2e0001642752&amp;utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lionel-richie-is-back-home-doing-great-following-hospitalization-exclusive-12077126?taid=6a9877d707aa2e0001642752&amp;utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&amp;utm_content=new&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> confirmed on Wednesday (September 2) that <strong>Lionel<\/strong> is now back home in Los Angeles and is \u201cdoing great,\u201d after he was expected to fly home that day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was first reported that the \u201cAll Night Long\u201d singer was being hospitalized due to \u201cslight dehydration.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-02.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"1\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-02-788x526.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Richie performs on stage during Acrisure Amphitheater Opening Concert\" class=\"wp-image-2275254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-02-788x526.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lionel-richie-update-02-428x285.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge pss-trigger__badge--top-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened to Lionel Richie?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his Saturday night concert,\u00a0<strong>Lionel<\/strong>\u00a0reportedly needed to sit down for his final song, \u201cAll Night Long.\u201d His team brought him a chair on stage after he appeared to be struggling, according to <em>TMZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully\u00a0<strong>Lionel<\/strong>\u00a0will have some time to recover before he heads back on the road because his website lists his next show as September 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in June,\u00a0<strong>Lionel<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/25\/lionel-richie-hospitalized-after-feeling-dizzy-during-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospitalized after he got sick on stage at another show<\/a>. He told the crowd at that performance that he was feeling \u201cdizzy\u201d while performing and he had to sit down. He was reportedly met with paramedics backstage and taken by ambulance to a hospital as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re feeling dizzy, sit your ass down,\u201d he joked at the time, while saying he had never performed \u201cDancing on the Ceiling\u201d while sitting down before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lionel-richie\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionel Richie<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/09\/02\/lionel-richie-health-update-singer-home-doing-great-after-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Lionel Richie is back home in Los Angeles after recently being hospitalized in St Louis. The 77-year-old singer checked himself into a hospital after performing in Missouri on Saturday night (August 29), where he was admitted to the ICU \u201cto have some tests run\u201d after falling ill during the concert that night. 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