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Newton reportedly contracted the chest condition from his infant granddaughter. (Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)
Veteran TV entertainer Bert Newton will be discharged from a Melbourne hospital today after recovering from pneumonia.
The 72-year-old was admitted to Epworth Hospital over a week ago, causing him to pull out of the stage musical performance of Wicked in Perth.
A hospital spokeswoman says Newton is now well enough to go home to continue his recuperation.
Newton reportedly contracted the chest condition from his infant granddaughter.
The producers of Wicked said the show would carry on as scheduled and Newton would rejoin the production once doctors gave him the all clear.
The 72-year-old has also starred in a string of musical theatre productions including Beauty And The Beast, The Producers and The Sound Of Music, but he says there is "a magic" about Wicked.
But it is his television career spanning more than 50 years that he is most famous for. Aside from a period with Channel Ten, Newton has long been in Channel Nine's stable.
He starred alongside Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight and with Don Lane on the Don Lane Show.
The four-time Gold Logie winner has also hosted New Faces, Good Morning Australia, Bert's Family Feud and 20 to 1.
Newton, affectionately known as Moonface, is married to fellow television personality Patti Newton.
They have two children, daughter Lauren and son Matthew, who is also an actor.
The family have recently rallied around Matthew Newton after several domestic violence incidents and his admission to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction.
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Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/26/3253753.htm
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