A BBC star suffered a heart attack just minutes before filming a popular show. John Cameron shocked fans as he took to social media to share his frightening health news. He told his followers that a blocked artery caused the heart attack just 10 minutes before filming was due to start.
The beloved Bargain Hunt star revealed he was rushed to hospital “with sirens blaring” and taken straight into theatre. Surgeons operated on him at Queen Alexandra Hospital and fitted him with a stent.
John told fans: “On a day when junior doctors stage a one-day strike over back pay, I would like to pledge my support and say a huge thank you to the St Mary’s hospital drop-in centre, the paramedics ‘Jess’ and ‘Cat’ who transported me to Queen Alexandra Hospital with sirens blaring, and the amazing emergency team in theatre who fitted me with a stent, unblocking the artery that caused me to have a heart attack just 10 minutes before I was about to film a BBC Bargain Hunt auction at my firm Nesbits in Southsea.
“Not sure how many of my nine lives still remain but I definitely lost one yesterday. “To quote the great ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, ‘we have two lives, the second one begins when you realise you only have one.’
“I will now be switching to a more friendly and renewable light source over the candle I have been burning at both ends! “Sorry also to my wife, children, grandchildren, staff, and friends for scaring the ‘Eartha Kitt‘ out of them.”