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Julie Andrews enjoys rediscovering her new voice

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Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress Julie Andrews said that a botched operation to remove noncancerous throat nodules in 1997 hasn't gotten better. It has permanently limited her vocal range and her ability to hold notes.

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It may take a big spoonful of sugar to make this go down: Julie Andrews says that her four-octave voice is not coming back. The Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress said in a recent interview that a botched operation to remove noncancerous throat nodules in 1997 hasn't gotten better. It has permanently limited her range and her ability to hold notes. "The operation that I had left me without a voice and without a certain piece of my vocal chords," Andrews said.