Richard Gere Hospitalized In Mexico With Pneumonia
The American Gigolo and Pretty Woman star is expected to fully recover, via TMZ:
Richard Gere is recovering in Mexico this weekend after he caught a case of pneumonia — this while vacationing with his family — but the good news is … he’s gonna be alright.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … the actor is down near Nuevo Vallarta this week — where he’s celebrating the 40th birthday of his wife, Alejandra Silva, with their kids.
We’re told that, before the trip, Richard developed a bad cough … and it continued while he was there as well. Our sources say it got so bad, he had to check himself into a hospital … where we’re told he was diagnosed with pneumonia and treated in an overnight stay. … Fortunately, he was out the following day … and we’re told Richard was given antibiotics to help keep the illness at bay.