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70s rock legend Dave Edmunds is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering a major cardiac arrest.
The performer, 81, known for his 1970 Christmas No.1 I Hear You Knocking, is said to be in intensive care following the medical emergency which has left him with brain damage.
In an emotional Facebook post on Tuesday, Dave’s heartbroken wife Cici shared the shocking news and described the horrific moment her husband momentarily ‘died in my arms’, before being revived by medics.
Going into detail about the incident at their home in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Cici told how she tried to ‘keep him alive’ by clearing his airways of fluids.
She then explained that a nurse began ‘heavy CPR’ and after a while declared Dave had died, with Cici telling how she ‘refused’ to give up on her husband.
Cici went on to say that by a ‘miracle’, Dave was brought back to life, stating that he’d been intubated by doctors but is still critically ill in hospital.
She added that he ‘very clearly’ has brain damage and memory loss, and is at ‘high risk’ of having another cardiac arrest.
On how the experience affected her, she said: ‘I’m still in shock and I believe I have PTSD from the horrific experience.
‘My brilliant talented funny and special Dave could really use as many peoples prayers and good wishes so to speak.’
Concluding her detailed post, she added: ‘Thank you all for your support and well wishes. It means the world to me. Dave will have a very long journey ahead of him if he survives. We both have.
‘But knowing that there are kind hearted people such as you all. Makes this tremendously difficult journey a little easier. Bless you all. Sending you all much love and light and always.’
Cici’s post was met with a plethora of supportive messages from followers sending their love and prayers for Dave.
Cardiff-born musician Dave had many hits in the 1970s and early 80s with tracks including Slipping Away, The Promised Land and Girls Talk.
Throughout his music career, Dave was part of a number of bands, his most significant being Love Sculpture, who released their debut single in 1968.
Their most successful song was a high-speed cover of Sabre Dance, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and even got the attention of DJ John Peel who played it twice on one of his shows.
After going solo, Dave went on to have a Christmas number 1 UK single with his cover of Smiley Lewis’ I Hear You Knocking, which sold three million copies and even reached No. 4 in the US.
Meanwhile, Dave married Swedish wife Cecilia (Cici) back in 1983, and they live in Monmouth, Wales.
