Soccer’s Beckenbauer Undergoes Heart Surgery
FRANKFURT, GERMANY —
Former soccer great Franz Beckenbauer has had open-heart surgery and received at least one bypass, according to a report in a German newspaper.
Beckenbauer's management team has not responded to a request for comment on his health following a report Monday in the mass-circulation Bild newspaper.
Bild said the surgery took place Saturday and had been planned for several weeks.
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