Left-wing activist Jesse Jackson hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights activist recognized as a leader on the Left, was hospitalized this week with a neurodegenerative condition.

Jackson, 84, was admitted to a local hospital, where he is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition he has faced for over a decade, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced Wednesday evening.

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