HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Elizabeth Taylor will soon undergo a heart surgery at an undisclosed hospital, the actress revealed Tuesday on her Twitter page.
“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,” wrote the 77-year-old star. “It’s very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better.”
“Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate,” she added. “I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth.”
The Hollywood icon, who started her career as a teenager, has been plagued by several health problems in recent years, including congestive heart failure and two serious cases of pneumonia.
Taylor has two best actress Oscar wins to her name for “Butterfield 8” in 1960 and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in 1966.
She also received a special Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1993.
