––– Celebrity Spotlight ––– Larry King: Heart Attack Survivor
TV celebrity and talk show host Larry King suffered a heart attack when he was only 53. In February 1987, King started having chest and shoulder pain. He went to the hospital, where he learned he was having a heart attack and needed quintuple bypass surgery.
The surgery was a wake-up call for King. He quit his smoking habit, that consisted of three packs a day, lost weight, got regular exercise and changed to a more healthy diet. Today, 23 years after his heart attack, King is still going strong at age 76.
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