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08-27-2011, 06:35 PM
Posted by Corbin Nordhoff on 08/27/2011 at 11:34 AM
In response to the claim made in the recent Grantland.com article, which suggests that Ric Flair wrestles with a heart condition known as Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy, TMZ.com is reporting that Flair is threatening to take legal action.
"While the information gleaned from courthouse records may be credible, Mr. Fliehr is currently evaluating his legal options with respect to falsehoods in the story, specifically the untrue statement that he suffers from alcoholic cardiomyopathy," said a Flair representative.
"Our client understands that these allegations are part of the territory when you are not only famous, but a living legend."
A number of people sent in emails pointing out that Flair admitted in his 2004 autobiography to suffering from Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. Flair wrote:
"Through my many years of partying, I also developed something called 'alcoholic cardiomyopathy,' a weakening of heart muscles. I first detected that there was something wrong when my heart began skipping beats. I went to a cardiologist friend who told me that when your heart pumps, it expands to a rubber band. But mine was doing it too much. Initially, I thought that steroids might be responsible, but the doctor dismissed this theory. My heart was fluttering from thirty-five years of hitting it hard.
It's the part of the price of being Ric Flair. In exchange for the glory and the good times, I acquired a heart condition, self-esteem issues, and cataracts from tanning beds—and very nearly wrecked my marriage to a great woman. But incredibly, I remained ageless in other ways. And in 2002, at nearly fifty-three years old, I was about to see if I could show a new generation of fans what they missed in the 1970s and 1980s."
In response to the claim made in the recent Grantland.com article, which suggests that Ric Flair wrestles with a heart condition known as Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy, TMZ.com is reporting that Flair is threatening to take legal action.
"While the information gleaned from courthouse records may be credible, Mr. Fliehr is currently evaluating his legal options with respect to falsehoods in the story, specifically the untrue statement that he suffers from alcoholic cardiomyopathy," said a Flair representative.
"Our client understands that these allegations are part of the territory when you are not only famous, but a living legend."
A number of people sent in emails pointing out that Flair admitted in his 2004 autobiography to suffering from Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. Flair wrote:
"Through my many years of partying, I also developed something called 'alcoholic cardiomyopathy,' a weakening of heart muscles. I first detected that there was something wrong when my heart began skipping beats. I went to a cardiologist friend who told me that when your heart pumps, it expands to a rubber band. But mine was doing it too much. Initially, I thought that steroids might be responsible, but the doctor dismissed this theory. My heart was fluttering from thirty-five years of hitting it hard.
It's the part of the price of being Ric Flair. In exchange for the glory and the good times, I acquired a heart condition, self-esteem issues, and cataracts from tanning beds—and very nearly wrecked my marriage to a great woman. But incredibly, I remained ageless in other ways. And in 2002, at nearly fifty-three years old, I was about to see if I could show a new generation of fans what they missed in the 1970s and 1980s."