Alexandra Wyman/Getty ImagesUPDATE: Publicist Erik Kritzer says the procedure had been planned for months and that Reynolds is "feeling great" now that he has "a great motor with brand new pipes."
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He's survived Deliverance, endured the Cannonball Run and made it through The Longest Yard. Now Burt Reynolds is looking to bounce back from some serious ticker trouble.
The former box-office champ is recovering from quintuple bypass surgery.
Reynolds, 74, had the operation last week, according to his rep, and is now back at his Florida home with 24-hour nursing care.
The Hollywood icon has battled other health issues in recent years, including back surgery that led a prescription pill addiction and trip to rehab in 2009.
(Originally published March 3, 2010, at 8:41 a.m. PT)
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