ALICE COOPER BAND Guitarist Dick Wagner

Former ALICE COOPER BAND Guitarist Dick Wagner Suffers "Very Serious Heart Attack"




The following update is courtesy of Suzy Michelson, Dick Wagner's (former ALICE COOPER BAND guitarist) business partner:

"Dick Wagner had a very serious heart attack. He has been in ICU all week on life support, but I am very relieved to tell you he is finally coming back to us! As of today, we expect Dick to fully recover. Dick is not only a brilliant songwriter and phenomenal guitar player, but also a very special and beautiful man. If you want to send Dick a message you can do it via his website or MySpace page and they will be passed on."

In other Wagner news when Dick is fit again he will be recording some new music with Steve Hunter and Fred Mandel (of the WTMN band) for the upcoming Wagner/Hunter documentary, which also features Alice. A one minute trailer is featured
here.

According to Wikipedia, Wagner was Alice Cooper's right-hand man on albums Welcome to My Nightmare, Goes To Hell, Lace And Whiskey, From The Inside and DaDa, helping in songwriting, composing, production and playing lead guitar.

(Thanks www.Sickthingsuk.co.uk)

Former ALICE COOPER BAND Guitarist Dick Wagner Recovering - "Prognosis Is Excellent"




As previously reported, Dick Wagner, former ALICE COOPER BAND guitarist suffered a "serious" heart attack recently but is expected to make a "full recovery."

Suzy Michelson, Wagner's business partner, has issued the following update: "I just saw Dick at the hospital and he is now entirely alert, his great mind is intact, his humor is intact. His heart and body are recovering, and he will soon be back to 100%. He is entirely off all life support systems, and his prognosis is excellent. WOW!!!!!! Dick is one of my dearest friends in the entire world, and I am so relieved to share this great news with you."

DICK WAGNER - "I Believe That My Recovery Can Be Laid At The Feet Of Every One Of You People Out There"

DICK WAGNER, best known for his many years as song-writer, lead guitarist and music director for ALICE COOPER, has issued the following update after suffering a life threatening heart attack in early July.

"I have on occasion been able to reach the bottom of my heart for an emotion to define the character of a song. I have been able to feel deep love for certain people and to share the fruits of that love.

I've led an extraordinary/ordinary life. By most standards, I've 'made it' in the music business. I will always be deeply grateful for those years of music and madness.

Today I sit in intensive care at Scottsdale Healthcare, a state of the art hospital facility where the combined skills, compassion and technologies and prayers of thousands of people from around the world were converged on me as I lay dying from a massive heart attack. My kidneys had failed, the prognosis was not good, and I was in a world of hurt. I believe that my current state of recovery can be laid at the feet of every one of you people out there, who showed the tremendous outpouring of love for me and to me in a time of deepest need. My left arm and hand are completely useless, but doctors tell me that with occupational therapy, I should be able to be back playing guitar again.

As much as you've loved me and cared for me, I love and care for you right back, from the bottom of my heart.

Dick Wagner
Summer of 2007"