Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed a recent heart attack nearly killed him.
The 72-year-old has recounted a month-long medical saga that began with the rocker ripping a backside muscle while gardening.
A follow-up scan then revealed his continuing agony to be a compressed nerve in his spine, before chest pain led to an emergency operation to stent three blocked arteries.
"I could have died from that. Anyway, I didn't die, I came out," he said in an Instagram video.
"I'm incredibly grateful that I now have a life to lead again."
May says he thinks he's in good shape now and is encouraging anyone over 60 to get checked out with an angiogram.
"What seems to be a very healthy heart may not be."
The month of May had a better start for May, releasing a new version of their classic song We Are The Champions with proceeds going to frontline medical workers.
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