The former Hey Hey It’s Saturday funnyman survives a brain tumour the size of a golf ball.
There was a blinding flash of light, a choking feeling and a bizarre sensation, as if someone was pulling him off his chair.
On Christmas Eve morning, John Blackman genuinely thought he was dying. It wasn’t so bad, but he hadn’t stuffed the turkey for his wife Cecile; he hadn’t said goodbye to his daughter Tiffany. What a bugger of a time to go …
Then the Hey Hey It’s Saturday star saw nothing but blackness.
Busy downstairs, Cecile heard a strange yell, followed by a thump. Instantly realising something was very wrong, she raced up to John’s home office. Where was he? Not at his desk? What was going on? Suddenly she spotted her husband of 36 years lying on the floor beside his desk. “He was completely stiff and frothing at the mouth, struggling to breathe,” she recalls…
For the full interview, see Woman’s Day (on-sale February 11, 2008)
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