Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger on ventilator after getting coronavirus

Fountains of Wayne co-frontman Adam Schlesinger is hospitalized and on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus, according to reports.

It was initially reported that the 52-year-old Emmy and Grammy winner, who is also a founding member of the indie pop bands Ivy and Tinted Windows, was in a medically induced coma after contracting the potentially deadly bug, but Schlesinger’s longtime lawyer denied that.

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

Schlesinger has been in an upstate New York hospital for more than a week and is receiving great medical care, Grier told the news outlet.

An early Tuesday tweet from an Ivy fan account claimed that Schlesinger had been on a ventilator for two weeks and was in a medically induced coma.

“Sad news friends,” the tweet read. “Adam Schlesinger who is 52 year old from Ivy and the Fountains of Wayne has been on a ventilator for 2 weeks (and is in a medical induced coma) because of COVID-19.”

“We send our prayers to him, his family and doctors,” the tweet added.

Schlesinger has three Emmys under his belt and a Grammy. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1997 for the title track in the 1996 flick “That Thing You Do!,” which Tom Hanks directed and starred in.

Schlesinger, a Big Apple native, wrote Fountains of Wayne’s best-known song, “Stacy’s Mom,” with band lead vocalist Chris Collingwood.

The hit song was released in 2003 and reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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