Famous Celebrities Who Barely Escaped Death

Travis Barker

Can you imagine Blink-182 without this iconic drummer? Well, that was almost how it was when Barker was involved in a plane crash in 2008. He was with DJ AM at the time, who sadly died a year later of a drug overdose. Barker suffered from PTSD for several years after the crash, made worse by the fear of flying he had prior to the crash.

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