“I had no pulse” Al Pacino talks about his near-death experience
October 6, 2024, 4:02 p.m. Listen to article
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Hollywood star Al Pacino talks about a disturbing event during his corona infection. In an interview, the actor remembers suddenly not having a pulse. The near-death experience changed his view of dying, said the 84-year-old.
Al Pacino spoke in an interview about a frightening incident during his infection with Corona. He told the New York Times that he struggled with severe symptoms such as fever and dehydration and then fell unconscious. “I was sitting there in my house and I was gone…I had no pulse,” he recalled.
The ambulance arrived “within a few minutes.” “I had like six paramedics in my living room, and there were two doctors, and they had these outfits on that looked like they came from outer space or something,” the actor said. He had previously explained to his staff that he was feeling “unusually bad”. The Oscar winner did not reveal exactly when the incident occurred.
The near-death experience gave Al Pacino a new perspective on dying. Before that, he had never thought about life after death. “But you know actors: It sounds good when you say, I died once. What if nothing happens after that?” said the “Scarface” star. In any case, he “didn’t see any white light or anything like that. There’s nothing there.”
The 84-year-old still faces death in a relaxed manner: “It is just the way it is. I didn’t ask for it. It just comes, as many things just come.” Having children is a “consolation” for death, as is his lifelong work in the film industry, which he leaves to posterity.
Al Pacino has three adult children and a one-year-old son, Roman Pacino, whom his now 30-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah gave birth to in June 2023.
