Richie Sambora, lead guitarist for the rock band Bon Jovi, has entered a treatment facility, a spokesman for the US group said last week.
Sambora, 47, checked into the Los Angeles facility on Wednesday. No other details, such as the treatment he was seeking, were disclosed.
In recent months, Sambora has experienced personal hardships including a breakup with girlfriend Denise Richards, the finalization of his divorce from ex-wife Heather Locklear and the death of his father.
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"Richie Sambora has entered an undisclosed treatment facility in Los Angeles. He asks that you respect his and his family's privacy at this time," said the spokesman.
New Jersey band Bon Jovi shot to stardom in the 1980s with songs like You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' on a Prayer that topped record charts.
The group has a new CD, Lost Highway, scheduled to hit record stores on June 19, and is set to begin a tour on June 24 in London.
He's fired. Isaiah Washington, a star of TV hospital drama Grey's Anatomy who used an anti-gay slur against a fellow cast member, will not return for the show's fourth season, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported in its online edition on Friday.
ABC Studios has declined to renew the actor's option to play Dr Preston Burke on the show, which won a Golden Globe this year for best television drama, according to the report.
Washington sparked controversy after a heated on-set argument last year in which he reportedly called actor T.R. Knight a "faggot."
Knight came out as gay in a public announcement shortly afterward and last week confirmed what Washington had said — and initially denied.
The show airs on the Walt Disney-owned ABC television network. An ABC spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Meanwhile, country music icon Dolly Parton was honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that she quipped would outlast her.
"I can just see two big mountains growing up out of my grave, and people going around on mule rides to look at them," said Parton, who was honored for writing such hits as I Will Always Love You and Coat of Many Colors.
Parton, already a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was given the Johnny Mercer Award by the association for her songwriting.
"Throughout my whole career, I've been known for two things," joked the singer, famous for cutting a memorable figure in cleavage-revealing, glittery outfits.
"I'm talking about my music and my lyrics," she said.
On a more serious note, Parton, who is famous for her big voice, big wigs and big smile as well, said she would like to be remembered most for her songwriting.
"It is my favorite thing to do. It is my private time with God. That's when I feel closest to God, even when the songs I'm writing are just God-awful," said Parton, who performed her hit 9 to 5 for the occasion, held at a Manhattan hotel.
Her song I Will Always Love You, originally released in 1974, was a hit remake by Whitney Houston for the 1992 movie The Bodyguard.
Also at the event and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame were Jackson Browne, who wrote such hits as Rock Me on the Water and Running on Empty, and Don Black, who wrote the lyrics for Born Free, which won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1967, and To Sir With Love.
Inducted as well were Michael Masser, who wrote Touch Me in the Morning, Irving Burgie, who wrote Day-O and Island in the Sun popularized by Harry Belafonte, and the team of Bobby Weinstein and Teddy Randazzo, who wrote Goin' Out of My Head and Hurt So Bad for Little Anthony & the Imperials.
Songwriter and entertainer John Legend and music publisher and producer Don Kirschner also were honored.
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