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Queen Guitarist Brian May Reveals He Suffered a ‘Scary’ Minor Stroke

Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed he recently suffered a minor stroke.

Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, has revealed he recently dealt with a “health hiccup.” In a video posted to his website today, the musician detailed how he suffered a minor stroke that caused him to lose control over his arm. “The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days and I say this because it was in some doubt because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke and all of a sudden — out of the blue – I didn’t have any control over this arm. It was about 40 minutes of pain in the chest and tightness and that feeling in the arms and sweating.” The musician has since returned to touring, although he said at the time that the incident left him “very near death.”

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