Country icon Phil Vassar has recalled the shocking details of his two “deaths” in which his heart stopped for 30 minutes before coming back to life.
The 62-year-old Six-Pack Summer hitmaker suffered a heart attack and stroke in early 2023.
Phil’s health problems left him “dead” twice, as he described having “no heartbeat at all” while speaking to The taste of the countryside.
He explained that after his heart attack and stroke, he didn’t remember anything.
However, she did know that his heart had suddenly stopped for a total of 30 minutes, adding that doctors thought they had lost him.
Country icon Phil Vassar has recalled the shocking details of his two “deaths” in which his heart stopped for 30 minutes before coming back to life.
He told the outlet: “I dropped dead. I was dead for 30 minutes a couple of times.”
‘There’s no heartbeat. There’s no heartbeat at all.’
The country singer revealed that he suffered a heart attack at home in early 2023.
He said he simply felt “tired” in the days leading up to his heart attack before explaining that his “genes caught up with him.”
Just three days later, Phil said he suffered a stroke, causing his heart to stop beating again.
He recalled the moment when doctors tried to bring him back to life and said he even turned blue as he watched his life flash before his eyes.
“So she started doing CPR on me until the team arrived and brought me back,” Phil said.
“They had to give me 11 tasers and they fractured some of my ribs. They broke my ribs. But I don’t remember any of that. But they did a great job of getting me back, you know?”
The 62-year-old Six-Pack Summer hitmaker (seen in 2017) suffered a heart attack and stroke in early 2023.
Phil’s health issues (seen in 2013) left him “dead for 30 minutes a couple of times,” as he described when speaking to Taste of Country when he had “no heartbeat at all.”
Fortunately, paramedics were able to save the star and he shared that he is now better than ever (seen in 2024)
Fortunately, paramedics were able to save the star and he shared that he is now feeling better than ever.
“I’m back on tour and back to doing what I always do,” he said.
‘Thank God there is medicine, I probably wouldn’t have lived a few years ago, but now they can skimp on you and cure you.
“I mean, you think you’re doing everything right and then everything goes wrong, right? It’s weird like that.”
Phil rose to fame in the 1990s when he released his debut album.
Since then, he has released nine more albums and has even co-written songs for a host of celebrities including Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Collin Raye and Alan Jackson.
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