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John Kerry's Wife in Critical Condition


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Apr. 6, 2013.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Apr. 6, 2013.
Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, is hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with an undisclosed condition.

Earlier Sunday, Heinz Kerry was rushed to a hospital on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket in critical condition. She was flown to Boston after doctors in Nantucket stabilized her.

The secretary of state was by his wife's side through her ordeal.

No additional details about Heinz Kerry's condition or illness have been released.

Heinz Kerry is heiress to the Heinz ketchup fortune and the widow of former U.S. senator John Heinz III.
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