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"Keith Urban&amp;apos;s biggest fan got to share a very special moment with the singer during his recovery from throat surgery last winter.\r\nThe country singer&amp;apos;s wife of five years, Nicole Kidman, was there for her husband&amp;apos;s first post-surgery words, and, in a new interview with W magazine, says the &amp;quot;profound&amp;quot; moment moved her to tears--and strengthened the bond she and Urban already shared.\r\n\r\nFollowing vocal chord surgery to remove a polyp, the Grammy winner, 44, faced three weeks of silence, during which he couldn&amp;apos;t talk at all.\r\n&amp;quot;To go without his voice, and then to finally hear [it]. What if he sounded different?&amp;quot; Kidman, 44, revealed. &amp;quot;I was there for his first words, and then we cried.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdded the Hemingway &amp;amp; Gellhorn star, &amp;quot;How many people experience their husband&amp;apos;s first words? All of those things make you closer...If that doesn&amp;apos;t bring you closer, you&amp;apos;re not breathing.&amp;quot;\r\nUrban has spoken before about his unbreakable bond with his wife, with whom he has two daughters: Sunday Rose, 3, and Faith Margaret, 16 months.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;[Nicole is] an extremely pure spirit. A really, really extraordinarily rare, I think, pure spirit,&amp;quot; Urban told ABC just before his surgery last November. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll spend the rest of my life trying to find the right words because, you know, words are limiting.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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