‘Don’t let me die… please let me see my kids again’: Sir Elton John’s emotional prayers when he was 24 hours from death

Elton John revealed he was “24 hours from death” after contracting an infection following treatment for prostate cancer.

The singer, 72, was diagnosed in 2017 and opted for surgery rather than chemotherapy because he did not want the disease “hanging over” his family.

The revelations come as part of his memoir Me, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail.

Elton John said the surgery in Los Angeles was a “complete success” but he noticed something was not right 10 days later. “It turned out that I had a rare complication from the operation.” He spent 11 days in a London hospital after lying awake at night “wondering if I was going to die”.

via The Guardian / Daily Mail