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Chad Michael Murray
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Then 15 years old, the actor faced a life-threatening situation when his intestines twisted and doctors didn’t realize he was bleeding internally. Murray’s football-shaped physique actually prevented the medical team from making an accurate diagnosis. “This sounds so stupid - and trust me, I’m not on an ego trip when I say this - but because I was in physical good condition, my abdomen was tight and when I started bleeding internally, my stomach didn’t expand,“Murray said on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show. “Basically, my abs kept it flat so the doctors couldn’t tell I was bleeding.”
“I almost died,” he continued. “They had a priest at the end of my bed. I remember, it was the only time I ever saw my dad cry - well, one of two times.”
02of 11Liam HemsworthLiam Hemsworth.VALERIE MACON/AFP via GettyBefore he was famous, Hemsworth had a brush with death growing up in Australia. “When I was a kid, one time I got my leg rope wrapped around my whole body like a ball, under water,” he toldMen’s Health. “Couldn’t get up. I was in waist-deep water, but I almost drowned. You know, I’ve had a few times.” Thankfully, he lived to tell the tale!
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Liam Hemsworth
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Before he was famous, Hemsworth had a brush with death growing up in Australia. “When I was a kid, one time I got my leg rope wrapped around my whole body like a ball, under water,” he toldMen’s Health. “Couldn’t get up. I was in waist-deep water, but I almost drowned. You know, I’ve had a few times.” Thankfully, he lived to tell the tale!
03of 11Zac EfronDia Dipasupil/GettyDuringan appearance onThe Graham Norton Show,The Greatest Showmanactor revealed that things almost got deadly when he decided to work out with his costar, Hugh Jackman, one morning in London.“I cycled with him in London, but I’m not one to ride a bike early in the morning in traffic so it turned out to be quite dangerous,” Efron told host Norton. “I followed Hugh around a few cars and suddenly there was a double decker bus right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes, went under the front tire and narrowly missed death.“Efron joked that Jackman wasn’t that concerned. “Hugh was on the other side of the road and stuck up his thumb and just said, ‘You good? Let’s go,’ " Efron said.
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Zac Efron
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Duringan appearance onThe Graham Norton Show,The Greatest Showmanactor revealed that things almost got deadly when he decided to work out with his costar, Hugh Jackman, one morning in London.
“I cycled with him in London, but I’m not one to ride a bike early in the morning in traffic so it turned out to be quite dangerous,” Efron told host Norton. “I followed Hugh around a few cars and suddenly there was a double decker bus right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes, went under the front tire and narrowly missed death.”
Efron joked that Jackman wasn’t that concerned. “Hugh was on the other side of the road and stuck up his thumb and just said, ‘You good? Let’s go,’ " Efron said.
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Amy Schumer
05of 11Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio.CraSH/imageSPACE/MediaPunchWhen it comes to things DiCaprio is thankful for, we’re guessing Edward Norton ranks pretty high on the list. Why? He saved his life during a scuba diving expedition in the Galapagos Islands when DiCaprio’s oxygen tank failed. Norton noticed and shared his tank with the Oscar winner while they swam back to the surface.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio.CraSH/imageSPACE/MediaPunch
When it comes to things DiCaprio is thankful for, we’re guessing Edward Norton ranks pretty high on the list. Why? He saved his life during a scuba diving expedition in the Galapagos Islands when DiCaprio’s oxygen tank failed. Norton noticed and shared his tank with the Oscar winner while they swam back to the surface.
06of 11Tracy MorganHeidi Gutman/ABC via GettyMorgan was famously involved in a car accident that took the life of his friend, James McNair. Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury during the crash and was in the hospital for months, but has made a miraculous recovery. He toldOprah Winfreythat the crashchanged his outlook on life. “Something’s different,” he said. “The way I am with people, something’s just different. I find myself saying ‘I love you’ 200 times a day to strangers. I don’t care - I don’t gotta know you to love you, I love you!”
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Tracy Morgan
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Morgan was famously involved in a car accident that took the life of his friend, James McNair. Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury during the crash and was in the hospital for months, but has made a miraculous recovery. He toldOprah Winfreythat the crashchanged his outlook on life. “Something’s different,” he said. “The way I am with people, something’s just different. I find myself saying ‘I love you’ 200 times a day to strangers. I don’t care - I don’t gotta know you to love you, I love you!”
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Lamar Odom
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08of 11Amy PurdyGregory Pace/REX/ShutterstockParalympian Amy Purdy came close to death in 1999 after contracting meningitis and going into cardiac arrest. “I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, ‘Don’t be scared. You are going to live an amazing life,’ and I have,” she said the experience. She truly has - she went on to compete in the Paralympics andDancing With the Stars.
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Amy Purdy
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Paralympian Amy Purdy came close to death in 1999 after contracting meningitis and going into cardiac arrest. “I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, ‘Don’t be scared. You are going to live an amazing life,’ and I have,” she said the experience. She truly has - she went on to compete in the Paralympics andDancing With the Stars.
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Gerard Butler
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10of 11Travis BarkerJohn Shearer/WireImageThe Blink-182 drummer came very, very close to death in 2008, during a plane crash that killed four other people. He suffered second and third-degree burns after the accident but recuperated enough to get back in the studio two months later. “I can’t wait to get out of here and be home with the babes,” he wrote in the weeks after the accident. “The doctors say I’m healing up quickly, and I’m going to be out of here before you know it.”
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Travis Barker
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The Blink-182 drummer came very, very close to death in 2008, during a plane crash that killed four other people. He suffered second and third-degree burns after the accident but recuperated enough to get back in the studio two months later. “I can’t wait to get out of here and be home with the babes,” he wrote in the weeks after the accident. “The doctors say I’m healing up quickly, and I’m going to be out of here before you know it.”
11of 11EminemDavid M. Benett/GettyBack in 2007, the rapper nearly died after an overdose on prescription drugs. He explains, “I had overdosed in 2007, like, right around Christmas in 2007… I pretty much almost died. I pulled through and went home and relapsed less than a month later and I literally shot back up to the amount of pills I was taking, shot right back up to where I overdosed,” he toldAccess Hollywood. For him, it was a wake-up call. “The biggest problem is admitting that you have a problem,” he said. “Nobody wants to admit that they’re not in control of something.”
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Eminem
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Back in 2007, the rapper nearly died after an overdose on prescription drugs. He explains, “I had overdosed in 2007, like, right around Christmas in 2007… I pretty much almost died. I pulled through and went home and relapsed less than a month later and I literally shot back up to the amount of pills I was taking, shot right back up to where I overdosed,” he toldAccess Hollywood. For him, it was a wake-up call. “The biggest problem is admitting that you have a problem,” he said. “Nobody wants to admit that they’re not in control of something.”
source: people.com
