Burt Reynolds’ heart surgery successful, but not dramatic
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Burt Reynolds did indeed have a quintuple bypass last week. Burt Reynolds was not, however, rushed to the hospital for said quintuple bypass. Everyone take a deep breath, OK? If your hair’s on fire, just put that out right now and we’ll forget it happened.
Like Rue McClanahan before him, with her cardiac-illness-but-not-cardiac-arrest, Reynolds, 74, appears to have taken advantage of the age-old traditions of ‘making an appointment’ and ‘planning’ to get necessary but not emergency surgery.
‘All reports that are implying he was rushed to a hospital are completely untrue,’ said his manager, Erik Kritzer, ‘as he has had this operation scheduled for over a month.’
Reynolds -- who in September checked himself into rehab in West Palm Beach for an addiction to painkillers -- has been released from the Florida hospital where the bypass operation was performed.
He’s now recovering at home with 24-hour nursing care and, according to his manager, thanks ‘everyone for their good wishes.’
-- Christie D’Zurilla
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