The TV star reveals his brush with death after life-threatening heart surgery – and says his amazing recovery is all down to wife Patti.
Bert and Patti Newton have given an emotional insight into the TV legend’s recovery from his life-threatening quadruple bypass heart surgery, revealing how ‘every morning is a bonus’.
Speaking of the 2012 operation, Australia’s favourite showbiz couple have told how Bert had just a 50 per cent chance of making it through the procedure alive. They also spoke about how two potentially fatal bouts of pneumonia since the operation have left Bert thankful for each and every day.
‘When he had his quadruple bypass, they said it was a 50/50 chance,’ Patti told the Herald Sun last week. ‘[Granddaughter] Lola had just been born and all of the rest of the years are bonuses, really.’
Bert went on to say that he reads the death announcements in the newspaper every day, thankful his name is not there.
‘I had a bad run for a while health-wise, but now I am pretty good,’ he says. ‘Since [the surgery] I have had a couple of bouts of pneumonia.
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