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January 9, 2013
Rosie O'Donnell and wife are the parents of a newborn daughter named Dakota

Child is the fifth for O'Donnell, the first for Michelle Rounds

After a 2012 that had them both dealing with serious health issues, Rosie O'Donnell and wife Michelle Rounds have started 2013 with some good news: a newborn baby.

The couple announced via Twitter on Wednesday (9 January) that they are parents: 'we r thrilled to announce the arrival of r daughter Dakota – #withloveandthanks – AMEN.'

Dakota was born last Saturday (5 January) weighing in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces. O'Donnell's spokesperson says 'Moms and baby are happy and healthy.'

November 7, 2012
Rosie O'Donnell gets back to work in first role since suffering heart attack

Tweets photo from set Canadian series Bomb Girls

Rosie O'Donnell is back to work following a bad stretch that included a heart attack, wife Michelle Rounds bout with a rare disease and severe damage to her New York home from Hurricane Sandy.

The star tweeted a photo of herself, in costume, from the Toronto set of Bomb Girls on Wednesday (7 November). The television series is about women working in factories during the Second World War.

November 3, 2012
Rosie O'Donnell's New York home damaged by Hurricane Sandy

The heart attack survivor remains upbeat: 'All fixable'

It's been a rough year for Rosie O'Donnell.

She survived a heart attack and wife Michele Rounds underwent surgery for desmoid tumors which is a rare disease that only affects three out of every million people.

Then came Hurricane Sandy.

The storm, which caused severe damage in areas of New York and New Jersey and caused nearly 100 deaths, damaged O'Donnell's home near the Hudson River.

The 50-year-old star tweeted that there has been damage to the dock and that her craft house had been flooded.

October 5, 2012
Rosie O'Donnell says her life has changed since her heart attack

'I’ve been given a second chance'

Rosie O'Donnell says after she found out she had had a heart attack, she started crying.

'I almost died - and that's not an over-exaggeration. That's a fact,' she tells People magazine.

O'Donnell shared on her blog on 20 August that she suffered a heart attack the week before shortly after she encountered 'an enormous woman' in a New York parking lot who had gotten stuck as she struggled to get out of her car.

October 5, 2012
Rosie O'Donnell says her life has changed since her heart attack

'I’ve been given a second chance'

Rosie O'Donnell says after she found out she had had a heart attack, she started crying.

'I almost died - and that's not an over-exaggeration. That's a fact,' she tells People magazine.

O'Donnell shared on her blog on 20 August that she suffered a heart attack the week before shortly after she encountered 'an enormous woman' in a New York parking lot who had gotten stuck as she struggled to get out of her car.

August 27, 2012
Rosie O'Donnell reveals she is married

TV personality wed Michelle Rounds back in June

Rosie O'Donnell is a married woman.

The actress and talk show host revealed Monday (27 August) that she and Michelle Rounds were secretly wed back in June before Rounds underwent surgery for desmoid tumors which is a rare disease that only affects three out of every million people.

'We married in private before [Michelle's] surgery, just the [two] of us,' O'Donnell writes on her blog. 'When we r both well enough will have the wedding of r dreams surrounded by those we cherish.'