The Covid-19 pandemic left thousands of people across the world dead. The virus did not discriminate between the rich and the poor, or a layman and a celebrity. Even the most successful celebrities were affected by the virus, and many lost their lives.
Al Pacino also briefly thought that he was going to die after being diagnosed with the virus. The 84-year-old actor recalled how everybody thought he was gone after falling unconscious while battling the virus. He said he had lost his pulse. Here’s everything he said about the near-death experience.
Al Pacino Almost Died While Fighting His Battle With Covid
Speaking about his memoir ‘Sonny Boy‘ which comes out next week, Al Pacino shared with People about his near-death spine-chilling experience when everybody thought he was gone. It was the peak of the pandemic when Pacino “felt unusually not good” while suffering from fever and dehydration while sitting in his house.
The actor said that he “didn’t have a pulse” at one point. It required six paramedics and two doctors to revive him. He added, “I thought I experienced death. I might not have. I don’t think I have. I know I made it.”
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“I don’t think I died. Everybody thought I was dead. How could I be dead? If I was dead, I fainted,” ‘The Godfather‘ actor continued. Thanks to his assistant Michael Quinn who came to his rescue, he immediately contacted the paramedics when he noticed something was wrong. Pacino remembered that his assistant noticed his failed pulse.
Al Pacino’s Views On Afterlife
Al Pacino described the scene after gaining back his consciousness. “And when I opened my eyes, there were six paramedics in my living room. There was an ambulance outside the door, and two of my doctors in those space suits [like] on Mars. I looked around and I thought, ‘What happened to me?’” he said.
“So I couldn’t have died, because how did all those people gather together, the ambulance in front of my house?” Pacino added. He shared his views on what he claims to be an afterlife. “It was so: you’re here, you’re not. I thought, ‘Wow, you don’t even have your memories. You have nothing,” Pacino said, calling it a strange porridge.
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‘The House Of Gucci‘ even compared the seriousness of the situation to a line from Hamlet by Shakephere. He said quoting the line, ‘No more. To be, or not to be.’ And then he says, ‘No more.’ And it’s no more. Well, it’s not. I don’t know, who knows?”
After this tormenting experience, Pacino’s perspective of his life and health remains unaffected. ‘Sonny Boy‘ will be available for purchase on October 15.
