By: Erin Moore for Body1Entertainer Robert Goulet, 73, is gravely ill and awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife Vera said Tuesday. Goulet, famous for his Broadway career in acting and singing, became sick in September after performing at a concert in Syracuse, NY. He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a condition where the lung’s air sacs become scarred; it is usually progressive and irreversible. Doctors say Goulet should recover well if a suitable donor is found.
Vera Goulet said a feeding tube was inserted two weeks ago, and she spoke with her husband at that time. “He said, 'Just give me a new pair of lungs and I'll hit the high notes until I'm 100.'"
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Visit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Web site.
