Famous Celebrities Who Barely Escaped Death

Peter Sellers

Sellers was a well known English actor and comedian in the 40s-60s. Later in his life, the actor suffered from eight consecutive heart attacks in 1964. This came following the use of amyl nitrate one night. He had another attack in 1977 but didn’t die again. He died from a final heart attack in 1980 at age 55.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.