PEOPLE WATCH

By GREG BRAXTON

July 16, 1990 12 AM PT

Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

Ella’s on the Mend: Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was released from a hospital in the Netherlands over the weekend after being treated for exhaustion and dehydration. A spokesperson for the Bronovo Hospital in the Hague said the 72-year-old singer would be returning to her Los Angeles home. Representatives for Fitzgerald said she had nearly recovered from her condition but would cancel the rest of her European tour.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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