Former AG Griffin Bell In Atlanta Hospital

Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell is being treated at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta for complications due to pancreatic cancer.

Katherine Bell McClure says her 90-year-old grandfather is also experiencing kidney failure and pneumonia. His condition Sunday was not immediately available.

Bell has battled kidney disease for years and was recently diagnosed with cancer. McClure says Bell was admitted to a hospital Monday in his hometown of Americus and by midweek was moved to Piedmont.

McClure says his hospital room was filled Saturday with family members and his minister. A leading Georgia attorney, Bell served as attorney general under President Jimmy Carter.

(AP)

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