Five weeks after open heart surgery, actor Carroll O'Connor publicly thanked fans and friends for their encouragement and he offered some advice.
O'Connor's full-page message Wednesday in the Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety entertainment industry newspapers coincidentally appeared hours after comedian Lucille Ball underwent emergency heart surgery.O'Connor, star of TV's "In the Heat of the Night," is recuperating in Atlanta.
In the newspaper ad, O'Connor, 64, said: "When your good doctor tells you to take the latest kind of cardiograph, and the latest is miraculous in what it can reveal about your heart, don't postpone, don't evade, don't content yourself with the fact that you're feeling swell."