HOLLYWOOD, July 19, 2000 -- Gerard Depardieu was released Monday from a Paris hospital after successful heart bypass surgery, according to his agent. "He is in very good form, but he will now rest for three weeks at home under medical supervision," Claude Davy told Reuters. The 51-year-old actor underwent surgery July 10 after he entered the hospital because of chest pains. Depardieu is known as a voracious eater and drinker. At the Cannes Film Festival in May, when reporters asked the actor what had happened to his diet and weight-loss regimen, he showed them his gut and said, "This is what happened to it. I love life," according to Reuters.
HOLLYWOOD, July 11, 2000 -- French actor Gerard Depardieu has undergone a successful heart bypass operation after suffering chest pains during a film shoot. Depardieu, 51, was treated at Foch Hospital near Paris, and there were no complications, his agent told Reuters. Depardieu, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in 1990's "Cyrano de Bergerac" and found fame on U.S. shores the same year in "Green Card," was briefly hospitalized two years ago when he was injured in a motorcycle accident outside Paris.