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Russian conductor Spivakov hospitalized, stroke not confirmed — TASS source

A source from his circle also said that Spivakov remains at a Moscow hospital

Conductor Vladimir Spivakov Alexander Kazakov/TASS

Conductor Vladimir Spivakov

© Alexander Kazakov/TASS

MOSCOW, June 20. /TASS/. Soviet and Russian conductor Vladimir Spivakov was hospitalized wth suspected stroke late on Friday, but the diagnosis was not confirmed, a source from his circle said.

"The stroke was not confirmed. Vladimir Teodorovich [Spivakov] remains at a Moscow hospital," the source said.

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