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Jerry Ewing

"Rumours of my impending uselessness are much exaggerated." Robert Fripp responds to well-wishers after heart attack news

King Crimson's Robert Fripp dressed in a white shirt, colourful tie, dark waistcoat and trousers, with one arm outstretched mid-dance. He's photographed backstage in a small white dressing room with his guitar on a table to the left of the photo and a carrier bag of food to the right of the image.

King Crimson's Robert Fripp has responded to an outpouring of well-wishers, following the news that he was recuperating after having suffered a heart attack.

Yesterday we broke the news that Fripp suffered chest pains as he prepared to fly to Italy to perform at an Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists event at Castione della Presolana in Bergamo, Italy, last month. That turned out to have been a trifurcated artery and he was admitted to intensive care in Italy before undergoing two bouts of emergency surgery, where he had a pair of stents inserted.

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