Actor Jeff Bridges was 'close to dying' after getting Covid-19 while on chemo: 'I was ready to go'


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Jeff Bridges is now in remission from cancer. Photo: Reuters

Jeff Bridges revealed to People magazine that he was "pretty close to dying" after contracting Covid-19 while on chemotherapy for cancer. The Oscar winner announced in October 2020 that he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Bridges told People that he had "a 12-by-9-inch tumour" in his body. "It was like a child in my body. It didn't hurt or anything," the actor said.

To fight the cancer, Bridges almost immediately started chemotherapy by infusion and then later oral chemotherapy. The chemo proved successful prior to the Covid-19 diagnosis.

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