Singer Jackson Browne Tests Positive For Coronavirus

LOS ANGELES, CA — Jackson Browne, the 71-year-old Singer and songwriter behind hits such as "Running on Empty" and "Somebody's Baby," tested positive for coronavirus. The singer has suffered mild symptoms and is resting in quarantine at his Los Angeles home.

"As soon as I had a small cough and a temperature, I tested [for COVID-19]," Browne told Rolling Stone on Tuesday. "My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don't require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that."

Browne said he's stayed home for about 10 days. He told Rolling Stone magazine that he might have acquired the virus during a recent trip to New York for a benefit concert that also featured Cyndi Lauper and Dave Matthews, among others.

Browne, whose hits also include "The Pretender," "Lawyers in Love," and "Doctor My Eyes," was born in Germany but grew up in the Southland. He graduated from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton in 1966.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.