Santo Has Heart Surgery

Former Chicago Cubs standout and current radio broadcaster Ron Santo had a successful quadruple bypass surgery Monday, according to doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Santo, 59, suffered a mild heart attack while in Denver for the Cubs’ series with the Colorado Rockies. He checked himself into a hospital there after experiencing chest pains.

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