Colin Salmon shares near-death COVID battle
James Bond actor Colin Salmon has praised doctors for saving his life as he battled COVID-19.
He, his wife Fiona Hawthorne, and their four children all fell ill.
"I felt as if I was slipping away", he said. "If I hadn't gone to hospital, I wouldn't be here now".
The 58-year-old played MI6 deputy chief of staff, Charles Robinson, alongside Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day.
His painter and illustrator wife revealed that she was diagnosed with a rare lung condition, interstitial lung disease, two years ago, leading her to use an oxygen tank.
Doctors warned her the condition made her more vulnerable during the pandemic.
"I felt flattened and had a thumping headache," she explained. "Although it exacerbated my condition, I came through it. I'm finding ways to live with it positively. I don't want my illness to define me".
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