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Published September 16, 2023, 3:07 am ET
Rocker Deryck Whibley, who founded the band Sum 41, has been hospitalized with pneumonia and faces “the possibility of heart failure,” his wife said Friday. Corbis via Getty Images
Rocker Deryck Whibley, who founded the band Sum 41, has been hospitalized with pneumonia and faces “the possibility of heart failure,” his wife said Friday.
Ariana Cooper Whibley, who has been married to the “In Too Deep” hitmaker since 2015, shared a photo of the Canadian musician being wheeled into an ambulance accompanied by two paramedics.
“Deryck and I were supposed to be in Chicago celebrating our eighth wedding anniversary, but the universe had a different plan for us,” Ariana, 32, wrote on Instagram on Friday.
“We spent all night in the emergency room and will now spend the next few days here in the hospital as he battles pneumonia.”
“The most frightening thing is that there is a lot of strain on his heart and they are telling us that there is a possibility of heart failure,” she added.
The rocker’s wife shared a photo of him being pushed into an ambulance accompanied by two paramedics.Instagram/@aribarbara
The couple share three-year-old son Lydon Idby and six-month-old daughter Quentin Arlo.
“It’s obviously not the first time we’ve been in a situation like this, but it brings back a lot of really difficult memories to see him in a hospital bed again, hooked up to wires and IVs,” Ariana said of her 43-year-old Husband.
In her social media post, Ariana also shared a close-up photo of herself holding the rocker’s hand in the hospital.
Ariana said she and her husband “spent all night in the emergency room.” Instagram/@aribarbara
“I know how strong he is because I’ve seen what he’s been able to overcome, but that doesn’t make it any easier to see,” she continued.
“I’ll do my best to keep everyone updated, but if you could keep him in your heart for the next few days, we could really use it.”
In April 2014, Deryck collapsed on the kitchen floor of his home due to liver and kidney failure.
He spent a week in a coma, detoxifying his body from alcohol. The ordeal caused him to give up alcohol and get sober.
The following year, the rocker told Vice that his health issues came about “at the right time in my life.”
“I’m glad it happened now and not when I was 50 because my body wouldn’t have been able to handle it,” he told the outlet at the time. “But it’s unfortunate that it had to come to this at all. However, I’m feeling better now than ever before. I’m healthier. I’m in the best shape of my life.”
Sum 41 announced in May that they were breaking up after 27 years together. Corbis via Getty Images
After his stay in the hospital, as well as Ariana’s depression and suicide attempt, the two decided to begin their journey to sobriety together.
“We said, ‘We’re going to take our lives seriously at this point and figure out what happens,'” Whibley told People in 2021.
Sum 41 announced in May that they were breaking up after 27 years together.
The legendary punk band, which consists of Whibley, Dave Baksh, Jason McCaslin, Tom Thacker and Frank Zummo, said their time in the band “gave us some of the best moments of our lives.”
“We are forever grateful to our fans, old and new, who have supported us in any way,” the band said in a statement. “It’s hard to put into words the love and respect we have for all of you and we wanted you to hear this from us first.”
They finished their final tour on September 3rd, where they played alongside The Offspring and Simple Plan.
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