Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbaris recovering after undergoing a quadruple coronary bypass on Thursday.
The 68-year-old was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles this week with cardiovascular disease, the hospital said in a press release Friday. The heart surgery was successful and Abdul-Jabbar is expected "to make a full recovery."
The NBA's all-time leading scorer "is looking forward to getting back to his normal activities soon," the hospital said, and asks fans to keep him in their thoughts "and, most importantly, cherish and live each day to its fullest."
Abdul-Jabbar, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, retired in 1989, after a 20-year career that started with the Milwaukee Bucks and then the L.A. Lakers.
He is also an actor and starred in the 1980 film Airplane! as co-pilot Roger Murdock and has appeared on TV shows including New Girl, Full House and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The 7-foot-2-inch star, who is also a best-selling author, announced in 2009 that he was suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, but revealed two years later that his cancer was "not life-threatening at this point in my life."
The 68-year-old was admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles this week with cardiovascular disease, the hospital said in a press release Friday. The heart surgery was successful and Abdul-Jabbar is expected "to make a full recovery."
The NBA's all-time leading scorer "is looking forward to getting back to his normal activities soon," the hospital said, and asks fans to keep him in their thoughts "and, most importantly, cherish and live each day to its fullest."
Abdul-Jabbar, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, retired in 1989, after a 20-year career that started with the Milwaukee Bucks and then the L.A. Lakers.
He is also an actor and starred in the 1980 film Airplane! as co-pilot Roger Murdock and has appeared on TV shows including New Girl, Full House and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The 7-foot-2-inch star, who is also a best-selling author, announced in 2009 that he was suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, but revealed two years later that his cancer was "not life-threatening at this point in my life."
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