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A car accident in Italy in 1990. Four people got killed. I was lucky, I got thrown out.
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Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
I went on a private jet with David Hasselhoff, and it was so turbulent between LA and Vegas I thought it was going down. I also thought: “The headline won’t be about me; it will be: David Hasselhoff and friend.”
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.
Julien Macdonald
Welsh fashion designer
When I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. It was horrendous.
Bruce Dickinson
English heavy metal singer
I’ve been asleep at the wheel on the M11, had an engine fire over the Atlantic in a light aircraft, driven unprotected through an enemy firing zone to do a gig in wartime Sarajevo – the list goes on and on. But I did have stage 3 throat cancer and was cured by some fantastic UK medics.
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The body of a 20-year-old.
As someone who had time for everybody.
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