Willie Nelson Was Ready to Die From COVID, but His Wife Said No

Willie Nelson Says He Asked His Wife ‘To Let Me Die’ While Battling COVID: ‘All I Can Remember Is Feeling Excruciating Pain’

Willie Nelson is recounting a 2022 case of COVID that left him asking his wife, Annie D’Angelo, to “let me die.” The country musician recalls the experience in his new book, “The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity — and My Longest Love Affair,” an excerpt of which was published by People. “I had the nebulizer on you, and a Q-tip up your nose to test for COVID-19,” D’Angelo wrote. “I got the oxygen going to keep you breathing, but it…

Willie Nelson was ready to die from COVID, but his wife said no

Country music icon Willie Nelson said COVID-19 was nearly the end of the road for him. But his wife had other plans. The 93-year-old singer writes in his new book “The Last Leaf” that he became deathly ill from a…

Willie Nelson Reveals He Asked Wife Annie to ‘Let Me Die’ Twice During ‘Nightmare’ Bout with COVID (Exclusive Excerpt)

Nelson’s May 2022 battle with COVID is covered in detail in his new book ‘The Last Leaf’ Willie Nelson; Willie Nelson and wife Annie D’AngeloCredit: Pamela Springsteen; Courtesy Willie NelsonNEED TO KNOWWillie Nelson recalls a severe 2022 COVID illness in an exclusive excerpt from his new bookHis wife Annie says she prepared their home and treatment plan before he became sickThe couple shares rare details about their relationship in The Last Lea…

Willie Nelson, 93, Reveals Wife Annie’s Unforgettable Answer When He Begged Her to Let Him Go During COVID

In May 2022, a week after his 89th birthday, Willie Nelson woke up on his tour bus in the middle of the night and couldn’t catch his breath. The man who gave us “On the Road Again” had COVID, his lungs were already weak, and over the next few days he got so sick that he asked his wife to stop fighting for him. Willie Nelson, now 93, tells the whole story in his new memoir, The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity and My Longest Love Af…

Moment Willie Nelson begged his wife to die during 'two weeks of hell'

As Willie Nelson languished in bed, the legendary country singer believed he was at death's door, the pain so unbearable that he begged his wife to let him die.

Willie Nelson asked his wife to let him die twice: “I couldn’t breathe”

In his new memoir, the 93-year-old country legend recalls how close he came to death during a terrifying 2022 health battle