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Gogglebox star 'close to death' with 'body shutting down' in terrifying experience


Gogglebox favourite Mary Killen, who appears on the Channel 4 show with husband Giles, once came close to death after contracting a lung infection and has "never been the same"

Gogglebox star Mary Killen revealed she was once close to death after contracting an infection which caused her body to start "shutting down". Mary, who appears on the hit Channel 4 show - which is on our screens tonight - alongside husband Giles Wood, opened up about the terrifying experience back in 2018. I caught it from air conditioning in the Bahamas and developed something called Beau’s lines: white ridges across the fingernails which are a sign that your body’s shutting down for death."

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