Araya To Undergo Surgery

October 31st, 2009 SLAYER frontman TOM ARAYA is considering retirement - because he wants to spend more time with his young family. Araya, 48, joined the rockers in 1981 and has devoted most of his adult life to touring and making records with the band.

October 28th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran guitarist Eric Clapton had to cancel his performance at this week's Rock and Roll Hall concert extravaganza in New York to undergo surgery to have gallstones removed. The guitarist was scheduled to perform at Madison Square Garden on Friday, the second of a two-night celebration of the hall's 25th anniversary.

October 27th, 2009 Music mogul SIMON COWELL persuaded British celebrity chef GORDON RAMSAY to undergo cosmetic surgery - insisting the cook's wrinkled face would hinder his career in America. Ramsay owns restaurants in New York and Los Angeles and launched into TV in the U.S.

October 15th, 2009 Actress MAGGIE JONES has been taken off life support - but remains in intensive care in hospital. The 75-year-old, who stars in long running U.K.

October 13th, 2009 British actress MAGGIE JONES is critically ill in a hospital after rupturing her spleen in a fall. The 75-year-old star, who stars in longrunning U.K.

October 12th, 2009 Heavy rockers SLAYER were forced to cancel a concert in Australia on Sunday (11Oct09) after frontman TOM ARAYA lost his voice. The band is currently down under touring with fellow metal band Megadeth.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Elizabeth Taylor is set to undergo a pioneering surgery to repair a "leaky" valve. The 77-year-old legendary actress, who suffered heart failure five years ago, asked fans for their prayers on her Twitter page.

October 7th, 2009 Veteran screen icon DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR is to undergo heart surgery to fix a leaky valve. The 77-year-old Cleopatra star broke the news to fans on her Twitter.com page, revealing she will soon be going under the knife to improve blood flow to her heart.

September 30th, 2009 PATRICK SWAYZE tried to keep the news of his cancer diagnosis from his mother so she could undergo eye surgery without any complications. The late actor revealed all about his cancer battle in a memoir and audio book, The Time of My Life, in the months leading up to his death on 14 September (09).

September 4th, 2009 Former PANTERA star REX BROWN is to undergo surgery to have his gallbladder removed. The bassist, who currently plays with heavy rockers Down, will also have polyps on his pancreas lasered off during the surgical procedure, which is scheduled to take place later this week (begs31Aug09).

August 18th, 2009 Rapper DRAKE is preparing to undergo knee surgery after injuring himself on stage last month (Jul09). The rising star tore an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee in June (09) while playing basketball, but he defied doctors' orders by hitting the stage as part of Lil Wayne's Young Money Presents America's Most Wanted Music Festival tour last month (Jul09).

July 24th, 2009 Jay-Z to replace Beastie Boys at NJ festivalJERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jay-Z will make his U.S.

June 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - A decade after declaring herself to be a lesbian, Chastity Bono, daughter of singer Cher, will undergo a sex change, her publicist has confirmed. Steps for the sex change began early this year in March, after her 40th birthday, reports The New York Daily News.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson will reportedly undergo surgery on his skin cancer to clear his flesh of potentially lethal growths. The King of Pop had been reported having spots of the disease on his upper body and pre-cancerous cells on his face.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze has reportedly refused to undergo life-saving lung surgery, thus prompting fears that he is close to the end of his cancer battle. According to the National Enquirer, the doctors of 'Dirty Dancing' star, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, have been forced to halt his chemotherapy treatment because he's suffering a lung infection.