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Fact #141817

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Short story:

Immediately after his performance at The Hurricane Festival, Eichenring, Scheeßel, Germany, Europe, David Bowie collapses, having suffered a heart attack. He is rushed to hospital in Hamburg and undergoes emergency surgery.

Full article:

Gail Ann Dorsey (bassist) : At the last show, I remember walking down the stairs behind him after we finished. When he got to the bottom, he actually collapsed. He was so tired and so sick. They rushed him to the hospital and we sat and waited in Hamburg for a few days, and that was the end. The last show.
(Source : Rolling Stone interview, 2016)

Tony Visconti : We all know he had a health scare. I hate to hear it described as a major heart attack - it was not a major heart attack - but he had surgery in 2004 and he's been healthy ever since. Because he hasn't come out and said anything, people suspect the worst. And it was frustrating. I would have lunch with him and I’d tell people that he looks fantastic and he sounds great and all that. And people would not believe me. Someone recently said to me, "Well, why didn't he make a statement?" And I mean, that's silly - can you imagine David Bowie getting on television and saying, "I'd like to tell everyone that I'm healthy?" So what could he do? Nothing.
(Source : BBC Interview, Jan 8, 2013)

Tony Visconti : I was a little scared after he had his heart condition. He had a little scare himself. I didn't speak to him for a year after that. He was just recovering and just not talking to anybody. But I was one of the first people he e-mailed afterwards and we were steadily in contact since then. But he never really brought up music until two years ago. So he never said to me he retired, and every time I saw him in person, he looked in really good health. 
(Source : http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowies-the-next-day-album-a-track-by-track-preview-20130115)