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Bobby Bowden, former FSU coach, released from hospital after receiving pacemaker

Florida State coaching legend Bobby Bowden was released from a Tallahassee hospital Wednesday after getting a pacemaker installed.

The 87-year-old Bowden was admitted to the hospital Friday for dehydration and nausea caused by antibiotics prescribed for a swollen salivary gland, the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat reported. It was then that doctors discovered he needed the pacemaker, which was installed Tuesday.

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Bowden commended the hospital staff that took care of him, though his wife, Ann, said he's a little upset he can't hit the golf course for a month.