Rocker Dave Edmunds Hospitalized After Suffering 'Major Cardiac Arrest,' Wife Says
WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 3 – Dave Edmunds faces severe brain damage and memory loss after a major cardiac arrest, with a high risk of recurrence, according to his wife’s detailed account.
- On July 29, Welsh musician Dave Edmunds was hospitalized after suffering a major cardiac arrest, Cici Edmunds said.
- Legendary Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds, born April 14, 1944, in Cardiff, Wales, gained fame in the 1960s with Love Sculpture and topped the UK chart for six weeks with “I Hear You Knocking.”
- In the intensive care unit, Dave Edmunds is intubated and faces brain damage and severe memory loss, his wife said.
- Cici Edmunds said Dave will have a “very long journey ahead of him if he survives” and thanked well-wishers for support that eased the difficult time.
- Warning that if another major cardiac arrest occurs, there would be 'no chance' for his survival, Cici Edmunds said.
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Rocker Dave Edmunds hospitalized after suffering 'major cardiac arrest,' wife says
(NEXSTAR) – Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds, perhaps best known for his hit version of “I Hear You Knocking,” is currently recovering from a “major cardiac arrest” he suffered last week, his wife shared on social media. Cici Edmunds, on Tuesday, said Edmunds was near death before hospital workers were able to “resurrect” him with CPR. “He died in my arms while I desperately tried to keep him alive,” Cici Edmunds wrote in a July 29 Facebook post…
Rocker Dave Edmunds Hospitalized After ‘Major’ Cardiac Arrest
Rock musician Dave Edmunds, 81, has been hospitalized after suffering "major" cardiac arrest. The rocker's wife of 40 years, Cici Edmunds, confirmed the news in a Facebook post, revealing that Dave Edmunds "died in my arms" until a nurse revived him with "heavy CPR." Dave Edmunds was rushed to an intensive care unit, where he was intubated. "I'm still in shock and I believe I have PTSD from the horrific experience," Cici Edmunds wrote, noting th…
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