# Willie Nelson asked his wife to “let me die” in 2022 during “nightmare” bout of Covid-19

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/willie-nelson-asked-his-wife-to-let-me-die-in-2022-during-nightmare-bout-of-covid-19/
- Published: 2026-11-12T11:46:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T12:35:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/willie-nelson-asked-wife-to-let-me-die-2022-covid-19/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Willie Nelson recalled asking his wife to let him die during Covid.
- Annie D’Angelo arranged treatment and cared for him at home.
- Nelson recovered and returned to touring.

## Summary

Willie Nelson has described a severe bout of Covid-19 in 2022, during which he was in such pain that he asked his wife, Annie D’Angelo, to let him die. The episode, recounted in his new memoir, shows how seriously ill he became and the strain it placed on his wife as she cared for him.

Nelson’s memory of the illness is incomplete, so D’Angelo supplied much of the detail. She had arranged for him to recover at home, obtained Paxlovid and waited for a doctor to provide monoclonal antibodies; he received an IV infusion the next morning. D’Angelo called the illness “two weeks of utter hell”, but Nelson recovered and returned to touring.

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