Famous Celebrities Who Barely Escaped Death

George Clooney

If you like the movie Syriana, you might be interested to know George Clooney nearly took his own life during it’s filming. The star broke his back while filming and said the pain was almost too much to bear. He told one reporter: "I was lying in a hospital bed with an IV in my arm, unable to move, having these headaches where it feels like you're having a stroke, and for a short three-week period, I started to think, 'I may have to do something drastic about this.'"

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