almost dies and he's hospitalized for something like a month and they have to give him a tracheotomy. >> he had new -- pneumonia. it's crazy. >> that's the time my sources say when he was battling heroin addiction. >> when george came back to england after suffering what he described as a near-death experience he was visibly fragile. he looks thinner. he looked older. >> he looked really frail. it was the most frail verge of george i'd seen. >> in his own sentimental style he managed to wish all the press