Editing Bo Diddley (section)

=== Health problems ===
On May 13, 2007, Diddley was admitted to [[intensive care]] in [[Creighton University Medical Center]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], following a stroke after a concert the previous day in [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]].<ref name=":4" /> Starting the show, he had complained that he did not feel well. He referred to smoke from the wildfires that were ravaging south Georgia and blowing south to the area near his home in Archer, Florida. The next day, as he was heading back home, he seemed dazed and confused at the airport, and 911 was called, and he was immediately taken by ambulance to Creighton University Medical Center where he stayed for several days. He was then flown to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where it was confirmed that he had suffered a stroke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news|title=Breaking Celeb News, Entertainment News, and Celebrity Gossip|website=E! News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521074744/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=5c8535ca-4223-4537-834e-ecb19af35ddf|archive-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> Diddley had a history of [[hypertension]] and [[diabetes]], and the stroke affected the left side of his brain, causing receptive and expressive [[aphasia]] (speech impairment).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/13334586/detail.html|title=Publicist: Bo Diddley Hospitalized After Stroke – Entertainment News Story – WTAE Pittsburgh|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=Thepittsburghchannel.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104225614/http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/13334586/detail.html|archive-date=January 4, 2009|access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref> The stroke was followed by a heart attack, which he suffered in Gainesville on August 28, 2007.<ref name=":5" />