Dame Shirley discharged from hospital
Dame Shirley Bassey has been discharged from hospital following an emergency operation on her stomach, her spokesman has said.
The 71-year-old was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains last week after the Monaco-based singing legend phoned her doctor during the night.
Her spokesman Paul Carey said: "She is out of hospital today and back at home, resting up and on the road to a full recovery".
The star, who wowed audiences at last year's Glastonbury festival in diamante-encrusted wellington boots, has enjoyed chart success since the late 1950s.
She sang the Bond theme tunes for Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker.
The Welsh-born singer now begins rehearsals for her performance at next month's Nelson Mandela 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park.
The Big Spender and No Regrets star attracted a new generation of fans with History Repeating in 1997, a collaboration with the Propellerheads.
She was made a Dame in 1999.
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