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Renowned actor and politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone heart surgery in Los Angeles and reports say he is in high spirits.
The film star and former California governor, had a planned procedure to replace a valve at Cedars-Sinai hospital on Thursday.
The device was installed to repair a defective aortic valve in 1997. Thursday’s surgical operation lasted several hours, TMZ website reports.
The renowned actor is reportedly recovering well and purportedly commented after waking from surgery: “I’m back.”
His spokesperson, Daniel Ketchell, said that Schwarzenegger was “in good spirits”.
Responding to the news, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wished his “friend” well in a tweet, adding: “I look forward to seeing you again.”
As a Republican, Schwarzenegger was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. He was sworn in on November 17, to serve the remainder of Davis’ term. He was then re-elected in the 2006 California gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor.
In 2011, he completed his second term as governor and returned to acting. Schwarzenegger was nicknamed “the Austrian Oak” in his bodybuilding days, “Arnie” during his acting career, and “The Governator” (a portmanteau of “Governor” and “Terminator”) during his political career.