Tanya Tucker Hospitalized In New Health Crisis

#1 Tanya Tucker Still Battling Health Problems

Tanya Tucker has once again been forced to postpone all of her tour dates as the troubled country star faces yet another health crisis. The "Delta Dawn" singer's latest health issues landed her in the hospital after fracturing a vertebra and injuring a rib during a fall while on tour. was also diagnosed with bronchitis while in a hospital in Texas. She has been in the hospital three times for issues with her breathing since October of 2016 and seen emergency crews numerous times for 'spells'.

Her band members revealed that she has been having dizzy spells because she can't catch her breath and is a bit tipsy, which is why she has been falling.

#2 Recently Broke Her Vertebra In A Fall

The fiery 'Texas Tornado' was airlifted to Nashville's Vanderbilt Hospital during that previous attack, and insiders insist that Tanya is secretly fighting for her life. “It’s much worse than her people are letting on!” said a country music insider. “She may not have much longer.”

Her current health issues go back almost a year when she was forced to cancel a performance at both the Florida Strawberry Festival and a Grand Ole Opry show after another brutal bout of 'bronchitis.' She had just filled in for ex-Merle Haggard in Las Vegas when he went into the hospital as he suffered from double pneumonia, which killed him just 2 months later.

#3 She Was Once The Youngest Singer On The Country Charts

She was discovered in 1969 on the Mel Tillis show by producer Billy Sherrill, who signed her to Columbia Records. It wasn't until 1972 when she recorded her first song, which was "Delta Dawn," a song she had heard Bette Midler perform on television. She was supposed to record "Happiest Girl In The Whole USA" but passed it along to Donna Fargo.

Her single reached the number 6 spot on the country charts and was on it's way up the pop charts until Helen Reddy released the single and it went to number one for her.

#4 She Hit It Big With her First Three Songs

Her second single, "Love's the Answer", also became a top-10 hit later in 1972. Tucker's third single, "What's Your Mama's Name", became her first number-one hit in the spring of 1973. Two other number ones, "Blood Red and Goin' Down" and "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" followed, establishing Tucker as a major star.

#5 She Wanted To Be A Pop Star

In 1975, she signed with MCA Records, where she had a string of hit singles that ran into the late 1970s. She decided to change up her image after having huge pop success with the single "Lizzie and the Rainman". After MCA released all of the previously recorded "country" songs they had, which were all hits, in 1978, she finally got to change up her image and cross over to rock with her TNT album. Despite the controversy over the record and its sexy cover, it went gold the following year.

#6 Her Career Was Spotty While She Took Drugs And Partied

Her sales and chart hits decline and she signed with new labels, never achieving the success she had earlier, until 1986, when she signed with Capitol Records; she returned to the charts with "One Love at a Time", which climbed to number three. Her career was revitalized with 1986's Girls Like Me, an album that spawned four top-10 country singles. In 1988, she had three number-one country singles: "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet), "If It Don't Come Easy", and "Strong Enough to Bend."

But that's also when she began a downward spiral that saw her dating several different well known celebrities, including Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, Don Johnson, and Andy Gibb. She also claims this is when her drinking and drug use went out of control.

#7 Se Was A Teenaged Alcoholic

She admits that she began drinking and abusing alcohol while still a teenager, but says it went out of control in 1979 when she moved to LA. It was during this period that she hooked up with Glen Campbell, who she says now was "the love of her life".

Though she moved to Nashville after her breakup with Campbell in 1982 and began to lead a more secluded life, Tucker continued to drink and use cocaine. Finally, in 1988, her family confronted her and persuaded her to enter the Betty Ford Center. At first, Tucker rebelled against her treatments, but after private counseling sessions, she began to improve. As Tucker was battling drugs and alcohol in the early 1980s, her career suffered. In 1984 and 1985, she had no singles on the country charts.

#8 She Bounced Back After Gaining Control Of Her Health

But all her help and determination got her through her troubled times, and she began having more successful records and started winning awards. However, the entire time, she was suffering with dizzy spells and a broken heart.

Sources said that Tanya also has a desperate desire to be reunited with ailing star Glen Campbell, who is also on his last legs with Alzheimer’s. “Glenn remains the great love of her life,” notes a source, despite a sea of booze, brawls, drugs and suicide attempts before their inevitable breakup. Sources say her suicide attempts and depression have stuck with her over the years and she has a "broken heart" because, as one friend revealed, "she thinks she ruined her life by breaking up with Glen."

#9 Glen Is In A Nursery Home Where Tanya Is Forbidden To Visit

Glen’s fourth wife, Kimberly, has put him in a nursing home, with Tanya banned from visiting or speaking to him. Her friends say that this has caused her health to dwindle, as she still refers to Glen as "the one who got away." His wife, Kimberly said she is not jealous of Tucker but feels he needs to be left alone and he would not know her now anyway.

But the songbird did manage to see the Rhinestone Cowboy, now 80, via a video phone call. Said Tanya, “I was talking to him, going, ‘Remember me? I’m Tanya, we used to love each other.’ When I was done, he kissed the phone. So I got that, at least.” It was soon after that she began having stress attacks, causing dizziness and loss of balance.

#10 Doctors & Family Are Worried About What She Is Hiding

While doctors are worried about the fiery singer, once known as a country 'outlaw,' she refuses any tests and only went to the hospital because emergency crews had been called and she had stopped breathing several times. She is accepting treatments for her broken vertebra and bronchitis but will not get tested for her falling.

She recently told her daughter, Presley Tanita, that she would soon reconcile with Campbell, which was in one of her dizzy spells when Presley and her brother, Beau, called 911 to assist their mother. They are not sure what Tanya meant, but it frightened them.

#11 Her Own Bad Health May Keep Her From Ever Seeing Campbell Alive Again

Friends said that Tanya’s dream reunion really fell apart over her own deteriorating health. “I just feel terrible, but I’ll get even worse if I don’t take care of myself,” Tanya said, with a friend adding, “We’re all praying for her. She is not doing well at all, and there is nothing any of us can do to help her unless she wants it.”