Al Pacino Reveals He Almost Died During Pandemic: ‘I Had No Pulse’

Al Pacino Reveals He Almost Died During Pandemic: ‘I Had No Pulse’


The 84-year-old actor revealed for the first time that he lost consciousness during his battle with the virus in 2020

Al Pacino revealed that he almost died from Covid in 2020. The actor gave an interview to The New York Times and spoke for the first time about when his heart stopped beating due to the disease.

“I started feeling sick, I had a fever and I was dehydrated. One moment I was in my house and the next I was gone. I had no pulse. You’re here. You’re not there anymore. I thought, ‘Wow! You don’t have his memories, he has nothing,” said the actor, who was rushed to hospital.

In the interview, Al Pacino stated that he was lucky, because when he was hospitalized, the nurse realized that the actor’s condition was more serious than she thought.

The star of Godfather He said he never feared death, but at that moment, when the doctors managed to resuscitate him and he regained consciousness, he was afraid: “It was a little shocking to open my eyes and see that. They were all around me , and they said, “He’s back.” I didn’t see the white light or anything. What happens when there’s nothing else?

Furthermore, he said that what comforted him after the scare was his family. Their children – Julie, 34, twins Anton and Olivia, 23, and little Roman, just one year old, are the result of different relationships.

Source: Terra

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