By Cliff Renfrew

Breaking Celebrity News Staff Reporter

Legendary E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons is in ‘responsive and stable condition’ following his stroke, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

The 69-year-old was hospitalized in Florida after being struck down by the stroke which reportedly required two brain surgeries.

But the E Street Band’s fan website Backstreets.com has now given-out a more hopeful statement :

"MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING" The latest out of Florida has Clarence Clemons in better condition than anyone expected, a close friend tells Backstreets: "Yesterday, it did not look good at all. Today... miracles are happening. His vital signs are improving. He's responsive. His eyes are welling up when we're talking to him. He was paralyzed on his left side, but now he's squeezing with his left hand. This is the best news we've heard since the stroke happened — it's nothing short of miraculous. The next five days will still be critical. But he's a fighter."

Lady Gaga, who recently collaborated with Clemons on her new track Edge Of Glory from Born This Way also offered a message of support to him on her Twitter earlier today.

She wrote: “Little monsters, my very close friend +musician on The Edge of Glory, Clarence Clemons is very sick. Can we all make some get well videos?

Clemons -- best known as ‘The B