Coronavirus: Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger "heavily sedated" on ventilator

Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger has been battling Covid-19 - a virus that has already killed over 41,000 people worldwide - for over a week in a hospital in upstate New York, and is now relying on a machine to help him breathe.

Speaking to Variety.com, his lawyer Josh Grier denied the 52-year-old frontman is a "coma" but explained: "He's very sick and is heavily sedated, as are all people on ventilators, but no one has used the word 'coma' to me."

Mr Grier added that Adam has been receiving "excellent care" since his admittance last week but doctors were reluctant to make any predictions about his recovery because so little is known about the disease.

Adam's cousin Jon Bernthal has since taken to his social networking sites to wish his relative a speedy recovery and asked his fans to keep him in their "heart."

The Walking Dead star wrote on Twitter: "This is my big cousin Adam. As a little boy I would be mesmerised by his talent. He showed me how cool it was to be an artist. We love you Cuz. Stay strong. Bless you and all of the heroes at the hospital on the front line. Please keep Adam in your heart."

Adam and wife Katherine Michel, who got married in 1999, have two daughters together, Sadie and Claire.

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