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Elizabeth Taylor to Have Heart Surgery

Actress says procedure will fix a leaky valve without open heart surgery

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 6, 2009 5:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Elizabeth Taylor will soon undergo heart surgery, she announced on Twitter today. “Dear Friends, I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart,” the 77-year-old... Read full story »

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