The Detroit News says hockey legend Gordie Howe suffered a 'serious stroke' on Sunday.
Dr. Murray Howe, the son of the 86-year-old Hall of Famer, told the Detroit newspaper that his father has lost some function on one side of his body and has difficulty speaking.
'Basically, sometime in the early morning on Sunday he suffered a pretty bad stroke,' Howe, who heads the department of radiology at Toledo Hospital, told The Detroit News.
The report said the right side of his body is 'very, very weak' and that he's able to speak, but it too is 'very, very difficult,' his son said.
'He knows who he is. He knows the people around him. But it is very difficult for him to get up and walk around. So he is pretty much confined to his bed right now. So we're just trying to keep him comfortable, and that's our goal,' his son told the newspaper.
The report says 'Mr. Hockey,' is resting at his daughter's home in Lubbock.
Howe played 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, won four Stanley Cups, six Hart Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player and six Art Ross Trophies as the league's leading scorer.
He also played in the World Hockey Association and was a member of the Hartford Whalers when they merged with the NHL in 1979.
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