@TMZ: BREAKING: Ric Flair is in a medically induced coma and preparing for surgery tmz.me/pIIAApV
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In an update since, F4WOnline.com is reporting that Flair has now undergone surgery, but the situation is still "extremely serious".
http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ut-of-surgery/
PWMania.com and Main Event Radio are reporting that he's suffering from heart failure "due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy". In other words, long-term alcoholic abuse that leads to heart failure.
http://www.pwmania.com/ric-flair-rep...y-induced-coma