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Jeremy Clarkson shares harrowing details of being 'days from death' as he recalls dive that went wrong where his lungs 'filled with water'


Jeremy Clarkson has shared an insight into what happened when he was 'days from death' and had an emergency heart operation to save his life.

The TV presenter, 65, had two stents fitted during the surgery and was warned to change his diet by doctors after they discovered two vital arteries were blocked. The former Top Gear host revealed he started to feel unwell after swimming in the Indian Ocean and later found it difficult to climb a flight of stairs. This involves making a small incision in a patient's arm or leg, through which a wire with an attached deflated balloon is thread through up to the coronary arteries

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