In May 1998, Brian had
open-heart surgery to
correct a congenital hole in his heart
Brian Littrell is a very lucky man - and doesn't he
just know it. As well as being one of the five men who make up global pop
phenomenon the Backstreet Boys (their last album, Millennium, has so far
sold a staggering 30 million copies worldwide), he is marrying actress
Leighanne Wallace next month.
But Brian came very close to losing all
of this. In November 1997 doctors discovered that a congenital hole in Brian's
heart had enlarged to dangerous proportions. In order to meet his group's
touring commitments, he postponed open-heart surgery for six months, finally
going under the surgeon's knife in May the following year.
But Leighanne
is not worried about her fiancé's health - in fact, the (now healthy)
organ in question is what makes her own heart beat faster.
"One of the
things I love most about Brian is his big heart and that was what attracted me
when we first met," says the Southern belle. The couple have been going out
together for three years and first met on a Backstreet Boys video Leighanne was
appearing in. "It was definitely love at first sight," she reveals, continuing,
"Brian is a romance king. He proposed at Christmas in my mum's back garden. It
was 30 degrees and he wanted to have a picnic.
"He took me outside,
wearing his coat, late in the afternoon and proposed to me surrounded by
candles and wine." She says, "He picked Christmas because it was a time that my
family were all in town and he wanted them to be part of it, he's very
thoughtful that way.
Leighanne confides, "I've managed to find someone
who loves me as much as I love him and we are both very lucky.
"Everyone
knows we are getting married in September in Georgia, but we are keeping the
exact date a secret. We want to keep it as intimate as we can." |
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AS BACKSTREET BOY BRIAN LITTRELL PREPARES TO WED NEXT
MONTH
his actress fiancee LEIGHANNE
WALLACE tells their love story |
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The pair met on the set of a Backstreet
Boys video. "It was love at first sight,"
recalls Leighanne
Pop star Brian and his stunning bride to be
Leighanne are photographed here in Malibu,
though the wedding will take
place in Georgia |
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