Famous Celebrities Who Barely Escaped Death

Donald Sutherland

The Hunger Games would not have been the same without President Snow portrayed by Donald Sutherland, but the movies could have been very different if he died. He caught spinal meningitis when filming 1970’s film Kelly’s Heroes. He fell into a coma and reported seeing a white light before he woke up.

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