Where is susan lucci now

Happy with Love and Kisses!!! She shared with Today that she was out shopping when she experienced pain in her chest that felt like an elephant was sitting on it.

The store manager, who was also a friend, rushed her the emergency room. Lucci had two bouts of chest pain in the weeks leading up to the event, but she ignored the symptoms. In her case, she said she works out regularly, follows the Mediterranean diet, and is not overweight, but heart disease runs in her family.

Her physicians placed stents in her arteries and her heart health is now better than ever. After enduring the health scare with her heart and undergoing surgery, Lucci joined forces with the American Heart Association to spread awareness about heart disease.

She uses her platform to advocate for women to become educated on symptoms of heart ailments and to get screened. She also auctions off private items and donates the proceeds to various charities, including those that assist children and individuals with cerebral palsy. She was an original cast member of ABC's "All My Children," the soap opera that aired from to with Lucci around for the entire year ride. In fact, Lucci was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a drama series a whopping 18 times before finally taking home the gold statuette in According to Entertainment Weekly , Lucci admitted that she didn't even hear presenter Shemar Moore call her name at first.

Susan Lucci was just 23 years old when she first appeared in "All My Children"'s black and white premier episode in , according to Today. But perhaps Lucci's most important work after playing Erica Kane came from her being herself after a terrifying incident back in Susan Lucci was 72 years old when she started feeling chest pain while shopping and took herself to an emergency room.

The following year, Lucci went on the Today show with a message for women: "I think the takeaway is, for women in particular, to put yourself on your to-do list because even when I felt the elephant pressing on my chest and even when [the store manager] Judy said, 'I will drive you to the hospital,' I was thinking, 'But I have to go here.