In what is becoming not so unusual, a celebrity announces news on Twitter in order to beat the mainstream media. Late today actress Elizabeth Taylor announced to her 156,673 Twitter followers, “I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart”.
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- Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate. I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth
- 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.
- 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.
