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Willie Nelson Reveals He Asked Wife Twice to “Let Me Die” During 2022 COVID Battle
Willie Nelson has described a severe bout of COVID-19 in 2022 in his new memoir, recalling pain and difficulty breathing so intense that he asked his wife, Annie D’Angelo, twice to let him die. The account shows how close the 93-year-old country musician felt to death during the illness and how D’Angelo cared for him.
Nelson woke up unable to breathe on his tour bus on 4 May, while travelling towards Austin. D’Angelo arranged oxygen, a nebuliser, Paxlovid and a mobile antibody treatment, while keeping him away from hospital for privacy and infection concerns. After a doctor gave him an IV infusion, Nelson survived, but D’Angelo says he endured two weeks of severe illness.
In short
- Willie Nelson recalled asking his wife twice to let him die during COVID.
- He woke unable to breathe on his tour bus in May 2022.
- After treatment, he survived but suffered for two weeks.