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it happens to everyone here, i think. one month longer, the clock has stopped, the earth no longer spins. this place, these people, are once again forced to begin again. >> thats it for 360. thanks for watching. "larry king live" starts now. tonight, breaking news. the death of an olympic athlete killed in a practice run hours before opening ceremonies. former president clinton gets a stent put in and hes reacting today. >> i thought of it as a repair job. >> next on "larry king li...

>> good luck with that. that is it for now. have a great weekend, everybody. thanks for joining us. we will see you back here on monday. "larry king live" starts right now. stomp tonight -- tonight, breaking news. the death of an olympic athlete before opening ceremonies. former president clinton gets a stent put in and hes recovering today. >> i thought of it as a repair job. >> next on "larry king live." >> larry: tragedy today at the olympic games even before they started. a lug...

Thoughts. more with wayne isom as well.

The others, this is a classic case, isnt it, of a thing well done? >> reporter: yeah. i mean today -- first of all, larry, let me say im glad youre doing well. you didnt share that with me, but im glad to hear that the procedure you had a few weeks ago, youre feeling well. thats good news. this does happen and as dr. isom and dr. schwartz both pointed out this has more to do with the natural history of his heart disease. he had this bypass operation six years ago. i know a lot of people have had...

>> larry: as regular viewers of this program know i never get personal on this show, but in view of the events today and after discussing it with everyone at cnn, i had heart surgery -- had a heart attack 23 years ago this month. five months later had quinn tup l bypass surgery. dr. wayne isom here with me is the man who did that surgery. a month ago, maybe five weeks ago, i had the same procedure at cedars-sinai hospital in los angeles that bill clinton had today president presbyterian. i felt ...

Live" on tuesday night. dr. isom, you tell them what you did to me. >> your doctor called me on that and actually sent me the films, the angiograms which i could see, and actually your other grafts were all open and your right graft which is the one that closed off was still open 23 years later, but it had narrowed down a little bit in the front part of it. >> larry: thats plaque, right? >> probably thats what it is. they were able to slide a stent or a couple of little stents in there and open ...

What, dr. isom, is his prognosis would you say? short term, long term? >> i think his prognosis is great, especially the fact those other vessels, those other grafts are open. as i said thats your million-dollar life insurance. if those will stay open, in fact, internal mammary will keep you alive forever. >> larry: other quick things for the panel. sanjay, what part in this does stress play? >> reporter: i dont think it plays a big part in this particular situation. obviously stress is associat...

A passion for life but as paul begala just said a passion for helping others. bill clinton has a big, big heart. just not a very strong heart. >> larry: yeah. and terry i know youre going to go see him tomorrow. you let us know tomorrow night, too, wont you? >> you bet. hell be raring to go. you know that, larry rk dr. isom, youre saying this may have been a good thing, right? >> let me comment on one thing thats mentioned about stress. if you take somebody like bill clinton and say, go sit in t...

Tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab investors rule. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >> larry: dr. wayne isom, chairman of the department of cardiothoracic surgery who did my surgery, david letterman, walter cronkite, a host ofs others. paul begala in washington. dr. sanjay gupta, cnns chief medical correspondent in port-au-prince, haiti. david gergen, former adviser to president clinton in boston. on the phone, terry mcauliffe, close friend of the presidents, former chairman of the ...