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Fact #161421

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Short story:

Arriving home in the UK after a South American tour, Elton John discovers he has contracted a "rare and potentially deadly" bacterial infection, following a tour of South America.

Full article:

Elton John : I went to South America, had a wonderful tour with James Taylor, came back from Chile, felt bad on the plane, got home on a Tuesday night. I was in intensive care on Thursday and stayed there for two days. I was very, very close to death. I didn’t know that . . . and was very fortunate I had great team of doctors.

It took me seven weeks to get back to normal after that. I had tubes coming out of every . . .
(Source : https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5426782/elton-john-interview-touring-death-mother/)