This Article is From Oct 21, 2010

Van Damme suffers heart attack

Highlights

  • Belgian action star Jean Claude Van Damme reportedly suffered a minor heart attack on the sets of his upcoming movie Weapon.
  • Van Damme, who turned 50 on Monday, had heart complications in New Orleans where the Ernie Barbarash film is being shot, Contactmusic reported.
  • Shooting for the film has been put on hold as the star, after being treated in a local hospital, has returned to his native Belgium for recovery.
London: Belgian action star Jean Claude VanDamme reportedly suffered a minor heart attack on the sets ofhis upcoming movie Weapon.

Van Damme, who turned 50 on Monday, had heartcomplications in New Orleans where the Ernie Barbarash film isbeing shot, Contactmusic reported.

Shooting for the film has been put on hold as the star,after being treated in a local hospital, has returned to hisnative Belgium for recovery.

However, Van Damme's representative said the star was"Ok".

The Universal Soldier star is known for his martial artsfighting sequences which has earned him the name Muscles fromBrussels.
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