--- title: Joni Mitchell Had Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, Friend David Crosby Says description: “She took a terrible hit," the singer's friend said canonical: https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-27T13:49:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:36:24.425Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Joni Mitchell Had an Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, David Crosby Says og:description: “She took a terrible hit," the singer's friend said og:url: https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8675a3b7580c04c/698858c3524fc01420df354f/joni-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: joni mitchell og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joni Mitchell Had an Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, David Crosby Says twitter:description: “She took a terrible hit," the singer's friend said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8675a3b7580c04c/698858c3524fc01420df354f/joni-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joni Mitchell Had an Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, David Crosby Says ## Video: 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tfrXo5zL.m3u8) (5:21)  _Published 2014-02-12. Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission._ by [Will Robinson/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson/EW Jun 27, 2015 1:49 PM UTC  Joni Mitchell arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Martin Bandier on February 7, 2015 in Los Angeles. Joni Mitchell arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Martin Bandier on February 7, 2015 in Los Angeles.Steve Granitz—Getty Images by [Will Robinson/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson/EW Jun 27, 2015 1:49 PM UTC There hasn’t been an update about singer Joni Mitchell’s condition in a while, but friend David Crosby gave one Friday. Speaking to [HuffPost Live](http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/558d9a7c78c90a2ef4000530), the 73-year-old answered a Twitter question concerning the health of his friend, who was hospitalized on March 30 after being found unconscious in her home. “To my knowledge she is not speaking yet. She is home, she is in care, she is recovering,” he said. “She took a terrible hit. She had an aneurysm, and nobody found her for a while. And she’s going to have to struggle back from it the way you struggle back from a traumatic brain injury.” Crosby and Mitchell’s friendship dates back to the 60s Los Angeles scene. The two dated for a period, which he mentioned Friday. As he continued talking, Crosby came off cautiously optimistic concerning her outlook. “She’s a tough girl and very smart,” he said. “So, how much she’s going to come back and when, I don’t know, and I’m not going to guess.” Her team has posted updates about the 71-year-old’s recovery to her website with the most recent being [on April 28](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/28/joni-mitchell-unresponsive), stating, “A full recovery is expected.” Watch Crosby’s full interview about Mitchell below. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/26/joni-mitchell-update-david-crosby-confirms-her-aneurysm) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/"},"headline":"Joni Mitchell Had an Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, David Crosby Says","datePublished":"2015-06-27T13:49:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:24.425Z","description":"“She took a terrible hit,\" the singer's friend said","url":"https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8675a3b7580c04c/698858c3524fc01420df354f/joni-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8675a3b7580c04c/698858c3524fc01420df354f/joni-mitchell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"joni mitchell","caption":"joni mitchell","creditText":"Steve Granitz—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3938964/joni-mitchell-aneurysm/","name":"Joni Mitchell Had an Aneurysm and Cannot Speak, David Crosby Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes","description":"Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. 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