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Ray Price Undergoes Heart Surgery

By CMT.com Staff

September 24, 2004 / 6:47 PM

Ray Price underwent heart surgery Friday morning (Sept. 24) in Houston to remove a blockage in his main artery. The Country Music Hall of Fame member was flown from his home in Mount Pleasant, Texas, to Houston after experiencing chest pains Thursday. Price's physicians recommended the surgery after the blockage was found during a series of tests at the hospital.

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