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Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris<\/a> briefly woke from an induced coma and asked to leave the hospital … but doctors were forced to sedate him again after his blood pressure rose and he struggled to breathe.<\/p>\n Doctors placed Paris in an induced coma after he arrived at the hospital from his medical emergency last week so they could provide critical care … according to an update<\/a> from a Facebook page created by Verdine White’s wife, Shelly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n At one point, Paris opened his eyes, looked around, and asked for his wife, musician Kathy Merrick. Once he saw her, he turned to a close friend named Eddie and joked, “Get me outta here.”<\/p>\n The emotional breakthrough brought tears, laughter, and renewed hope to those at his bedside … but it was short-lived.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not long afterward, Paris’ blood pressure began climbing, and he had difficulty breathing. Doctors decided to sedate him again so his body could stabilize and he could continue receiving care.<\/p>\n Paris remains under sedation as his medical team monitors him and determines the safest path forward.<\/p>\n Shelly says there have still been small encouraging moments … claiming Paris appears to show slight responses when music is played.<\/p>\n Shelly also set up a GoFundMe<\/a> to support John’s family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n As TMZ previously reported … Paris suffered a medical emergency<\/a> before Earth, Wind & Fire’s August 6 concert with Lionel Richie<\/a> at San Francisco’s Chase Center.<\/p>\n The San Francisco Fire Department told us crews responded to a cardiac incident and transported one person to a local hospital in critical condition. The concert was postponed shortly before showtime.<\/p>\n His supporters said his journey is “far from over” … and are asking fans to continue keeping him and his family in their prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earth, Wind & Fire’s John Paris In Coma After Medical Emergency Published August 14, 2026 9:00 AM PDT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-858086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"earth](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/df4b883e637c4925ab41185995865244_md.jpg\")
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