How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Martin Sheen said elsewhere, not written here
Making Apocalypse Now. I had a close call with a heart ailment due to anxiety, fear and physical abuse: I was not taking care of myself.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗

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Carl Barât English musician
Probably when I didn’t sleep for a week on drugs in 2009. I’d had a lot of meth and my heart felt like it was giving out. I remember climbing over balconies really high up, and I thought I was going to die, until I eventually fell asleep in someone’s garden.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 March 2022 source ↗
Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Mo Farah British track and field athlete
When I was a kid, travelling from Ethiopia to the UK, the plane door opened, the oxygen masks came down and the plane did an emergency landing in Egypt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗
Sara Pascoe English comedian, presenter, writer
Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗

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