COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State University official says former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has been hospitalized for more than a week.
Hank Wilson with Ohio State’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs said Wednesday that Glenn, 95, is at the James Cancer Hospital, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he has cancer.
Wilson said he didn’t have other information about Glenn’s condition, illness or prognosis.
In 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. He served as a U.S. senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999.
Glenn apologized for his poor eyesight this year at the renaming of Columbus’ airport after him. He said he’d lost some of his eyesight because of macular degeneration and a small stroke. Glenn had a heart valve replacement in 2014.
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