Burt Reynolds Undergoes Open Heart Surgery

Celebrity News March 3, 2010 AT 12:21PM
Burt Reynolds Undergoes Open Heart Surgery Credit: Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Iconic actor Burt Reynolds is recovering at home following quintuple bypass surgery last week, Entertainment Tonight reports.

The 74-year-old star of such classics as Deliverance, Cannonball Run and The Longest Yard is resting at his Florida home with 24-hour care.

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Reynolds checked himself into rehab briefly last year for an addiction to the painkillers -- prescribed to him following back surgery.

 

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  • March 04, 2010 - 9:58am Ria

    Love Burt Reynolds!

  • March 04, 2010 - 9:56am BB

    Love Burt Raynolds

  • March 03, 2010 - 11:13pm Hey Burt

    Hey Burt you got to get better. We need a few more good movies. Life want be the same with out you. I have loved all your movies. Great man you are.

  • March 03, 2010 - 12:43pm Karen

    Please tell me what checking into rehab a year has to do with someone having openheart surgery...anything for sensationalism.

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