Coronavirus: Adam Schlesinger of NJ band Fountains of Wayne hospitalized

Adam Schlesinger of New Jersey pop-rockers Fountains of Wayne is reportedly battling coronavirus.

Schlesinger, 52, who grew up in Montclair, has been hospitalized in upstate New York for more than a week and is on a ventilator, his longtime attorney Josh Grier told Variety in a story posted Tuesday morning.

While Billboard reported that Schlesinger was in a medically-induced coma, Grier disputed that in Variety.

“He’s very sick and is heavily sedated, as are all people on ventilators, but no one has used the word ‘coma’ to me,” Grier told Variety.

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Best known for the 2003 smash single "Stacy's Mom," Fountains of Wayne were nominated for two Grammys. The band's most recent album, "Sky Full of Holes," was released in 2011.

"I think part of the reason we still exist is because we're so slow between records. ... We tend to put out a record every three to four years and then do some touring and then we get away from each other for a while," Schlesinger told the Asbury Park Press in 2011. "It's always a nice thing to come back to, but it definitely doesn't feel like that much time has elapsed. I feel pretty much like the same guy."

Beyond Fountains of Wayne, Schlesinger was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for writing the title song to the 1996 Tom Hanks film "That Thing You Do."

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He's also a three-time Emmy winner thanks to his songwriting work on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and the Tony Awards. Schlesinger won his only Grammy to date in 2009 in the Best Comedy Album category for his contributions to "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!"

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Schlesinger is the latest celebrity to face coronavirus, joining the likes of actors Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, as well as singer/songwriters Jackson Browne and John Prine.