Lou Reed Has Liver Transplant

Lou Reed's wife, Laurie Anderson, revealed to The Times of London: "He was dying. It's as serious as it gets, adding: "You don't get (a transplant)for fun. I don't think he'll ever totally recover from this."

Reed, 71, had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. He even wrote a song called "Heroin".

"I take drugs just because, in the 20th century, in a technological age living in the city, there are certain drugs you have to take just to keep yourself normal like a caveman, just to bring yourself up or down," Reed once revealed.

Although clean and sober for the last several years, years of hard living for the founder of the Velvet Underground took their toll.

Citing "unavoidable complications" Reed canceled five tour dates in April, including the Coachella Music Festival, where his appearance had been highly anticipated.

The transplant occurred at The Cleveland Clinic, one of the country's premiere transplant hospitals.


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