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The FINANCIAL -- Elizabeth Taylor has used Twitter on October 8 to say that her heart surgery was successful; the star has been plagued by bad health in recent years.
The message on her Twitter page comes two days after she announced she was having heart surgery at an undisclosed hospital to repair a leaky valve, CNN reported. "Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate," she said.
In a message Thursday, the Oscar winner thanked fans, according to the same source. "Dear Friends, My heart procedure went off perfectly," she posted, according to the same source. "Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. Know they all helped."
The actress - made an honorary dame by the Queen in 2000 - has had a number of health problems in recent years, BBC wrote.
Today informs that in addition to revealing her need for the heart procedure, the 77-year-old Hollywood icon also debunked a rumor that suggested she was suffering from diabetes.
“I was completely honest with you about my hospitalization,” she tweeted, the same source reported. “Now the press, bless their little hearts, had to add something by saying that I had diabetes, which is a total lie. But I guess they can’t help themselves.”
Taylor, who uses a wheelchair because of scoliosis, or abnormal curving of the spine, regularly uses Twitter, CNN wrote. The social networking Web site allows users to publish messages using 140 characters or less. Taylor posts on her account, DameElizabeth, which has over 165,000 followers.
In 1995, the London-born actress had a hip replacement and, two years later, had surgery to remove a brain tumour, according to BBC. She has the brittle bone disease osteoporosis and has broken her back five times. Dame Elizabeth won best actress Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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