Post columnist first reported the news about Minnelli, who was unable to attend friend ' funeral due to her back condition.
Minnelli told Adams, "I couldn鈥檛 go to Joan Rivers鈥� funeral, which I desperately wanted to because I loved her 鈥� but I couldn鈥檛 go because I can鈥檛 walk. I鈥檓 in bed. Going in for surgery.
"I broke my lower back. Remember a few years ago I was in a wheelchair because I had trouble with my spine? They operated on it then. Well, now, again. They鈥檒l have to fuse it.
"I was picking up my dogs 鈥� and they jumped. And I got twisted and fell. I thought it鈥檚 nothing. But it wasn鈥檛 nothing. It became something. After an X-ray, seems I busted it and have to have it fused. The operation鈥檚 next week."
Liza Minnelli won Tony Awards for her performances in ; and . She also received a 1974 Special Tony Award for "adding lustre to the Broadway season."
