Alan Sugar has emergency heart surgery in US

The Apprentice host has operation to unblock artery while on holiday in Florida

Sir Alan Sugar
(Image credit: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Lord Alan Sugar has had urgent heart surgery during a winter break in Florida after tests revealed that one of his arteries had narrowed.

The 69-year-old entrepreneur and host of The Apprentice is understood to have fully recovered following the procedure, which took place in December.

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