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Country music legend Ray Stevens updated his fans recently on his recovery from the heart attack he suffered in early June.<\/p>\n
A statement posted to his Facebook<\/b><\/a> <\/b>again noted that doctors described it as a \u201cmild heart attack.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRay underwent minimally invasive heart surgery in a Nashville hospital,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIn late July, he underwent a second procedure where doctors placed two stents to clear other blockages. He spent a few days in a Nashville rehabilitation facility and is now at home resting to regain his strength.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement also said that Stevens is now planning to sell his West Nashville-based CabaRay Showroom, but does plan to fulfill his previously scheduled live shows scheduled for CabaRay as soon as he can.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 86 and with my recent health problems, it\u2019s probably time to slow down, and selling CabaRay is he first step,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cBut in the interim, I still plan on doing shows once I\u2019m fully recovered. I still have a lot I want to do in the recording studio, so I\u2019ll focus all of my energy in that direction along with making videos to go along with music from time to time.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement also noted that Stevens loves CabaRay and hopes it can go to someone who can \u201chave as much fun here as I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n Stevens was admitted to a hospital in Nashville in early July after complaining of chest pain. A heart catheterization found that he had a heart attack.<\/p>\n The 86-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer cancelled all of his performances through July and has yet to return to the stage. <\/p>\n Stevens actually announced that he would retire following 2024, but that lasted just months before he announced in May he would return to performing on a regular basis at his CabaRay Showroom in Nashville. Stevens said then he planned to sing songs off his newest album, \u201cSay Whut?\u201d as well as hit songs from his past.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be an all-new show with new songs and new stories,\u201d he said. \u201cBut don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll still be bringing along Ethel, Margaret, Gitarzan, the squirrel and other favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n The comedic songwriter and singer has been performing since 1957.<\/p>\n Stevens was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019. He is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Christian Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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A statement posted to his Facebook again noted that doctors described it as a \u201cmild heart attack.\u201d \u201cRay underwent minimally invasive heart surgery in a Nashville hospital,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIn late July, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}