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Doc Defends Surgery on Kanye's Mom

Adams: Donda West may have OD'd or suffered heart attack

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2007 10:17 PM CST

(Newser) – The doctor who performed cosmetic surgery on Kanye West's mother said her operation went off without a hitch and suggested she might have had a heart attack or taken too many painkillers the next day, the LA Times reports. "When she left this office,... Read full story »

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