{"id":877,"date":"2025-05-13T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/robert-fripp-in-recovery-after-emergency-heart-surgery-149761\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:30:26","slug":"robert-fripp-in-recovery-after-emergency-heart-surgery-149761","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/robert-fripp-in-recovery-after-emergency-heart-surgery-149761\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fripp is recovering after emergency heart surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"post-preview\">\n<p><strong>Robert Fripp<\/strong> has undergone two bouts of heart surgery after he unwittingly suffered a heart attack in early April while traveling to Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content google-ld-json\">\n<div class=\"editable-content\">\n<p><strong>Robert Fripp<\/strong> has undergone two bouts of heart surgery after he unwittingly suffered a heart attack in early April while traveling to Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.kelsey.co.uk\/single-issue\/uncut-magazine\/351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fripp initially believed his symptoms were related to acid reflux. \u201cI\u2019d been suffering what I considered to be acid reflux for a couple of weeks,\u201d he explained in a\u00a0YouTube video\u00a0posted with his wife <strong>Toyah Willcox<\/strong>, on May 11. \u201cOn the Saturday morning I flew, it felt a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1m63V3KbyUY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toyah and Robert - Upbeat Moments\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1m63V3KbyUY?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fripp was due to perform at an <strong>Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists<\/strong> event at <strong>Castione della Presolana<\/strong> in Bergamo. But after landing in Bergamo on April 6, Fripp was taken directly to a cardiac hospital, where doctors discovered dangerously elevated troponin levels, a protein that indicates damage to the heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in A+E not quite knowing what was going on other than I knew they were going to do something, and an orderly came along and shaved my balls,\u201d he continued. Fripp went on to say that he was diagnosed with a trifurcated artery and had a pair of stents inserted during two operations. He is on medication for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Fripp also said that, less than a week after his surgery, he was able to direct the Guitar Circle show at Castione della Presolana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was stunning. The audience were prepped with orchestral manoeuvres and it really was a magical event for me,\u201d Fripp added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/news\/robert-fripp-in-recovery-after-emergency-heart-surgery-149761\/\">Robert Fripp is recovering after emergency heart surgery<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/\">UNCUT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Fripp has undergone two bouts of heart surgery after he unwittingly suffered a heart attack in early April while traveling to Italy. 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