Country star Colt Ford died twice after suffering a heart attack

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Colt Ford has nary recollection of nan nighttime successful April erstwhile he had a heart attack aft a capacity successful Phoenix, Arizona. 

The state musician elaborate what he could retrieve of nan "traumatic, crazy experience" successful an question and reply connected nan "Big D & Bubba" show, wherever he revealed he died doubly earlier reaching nan hospital.

"I didn't moreover retrieve coming retired present to do a show successful Phoenix, and apparently we played this great, sold-out show and it was incredible," Ford said successful a telephone interview. "I walked backmost to nan bus, texted my fiancée, ‘Hi baby,’ and fell complete dead.

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Country vocalist Colt Ford holds an American emblem astatine nan microphone

Country prima Colt Ford had a bosom onslaught successful Arizona April 4 and died doubly connected his measurement to nan hospital. (Getty Images)

"I died 2 times. Luckily, my set came retired to cheque connected me. … All of a sudden, that's erstwhile each hellhole collapsed loose."  

Ford, 54, had precocious played a show astatine Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row successful Gilbert, Arizona, his typical said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital astatine nan time. At 1 point, he was successful "stable, but captious information successful nan ICU." 

He admitted that aft texting his fiancée, "I don't retrieve anything."

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Ford was told he was transferred to different infirmary that could supply amended care, and he "died connected nan measurement over" to that center, but medics "brought maine back, saved my life." 

Country vocalist Colt Ford holds an American Flag supra his head.

Ford said nan past point he remembered earlier having a bosom onslaught was texting his fiancée. (Stephen J. Cohen)

"The Lord had much for maine to do, much euphony for maine to make, hopefully much differences to make successful immoderate people's lives," he said.

After waking up 2 days later, doctors gave him a grim reality of what they believed to beryllium his chance of survival. 

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Ford, whose afloat sanction is Jason Farris Brown, said his expert told him, "I wouldn't person fixed you 1%, I would person fixed you 0.1% that you would person survived."

Country prima Colt Ford wears a cowboy chapeau and jeans.

Colt Ford was hospitalized successful an ICU and said he has a agelong roadworthy to recovery. (Colt Ford)

"I had truthful overmuch trauma to my assemblage and my heart, they had to put 3 stents in," Ford said.  "There's conscionable truthful overmuch going on, and past each of a abrupt my gall bladder crapped retired connected me." 

Despite nan traumatic incident, nan "Slow Ride" singer is grateful for different chance to acquisition life again.

"The overwhelming support and emotion I person felt … I get affectional talking astir it. I person been an affectional wreck since I've been successful here," he said.

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"It's been life changing. It's been spiritually changing. Obviously, it's been physically changing. It's conscionable been a crazy. … I'm not still a 100 percent retired of nan woods yet. I'm gonna person to study really to beryllium a small selfish for a while earlier I get myself better.

Musician Colt Ford wears a cowboy chapeau and sunglasses successful a barn.

Ford is nan only creator to person a No. 1 medium connected Billboard Top Country Albums and Top Rap Albums. (Colt Ford)

"This changed my position and outlook connected tons of things. Live each time for illustration it's your past because 1 time it will be." 

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Ford besides noted he's making nan astir of his wellness now. 

"I'm gonna effort to travel backmost bigger and stronger and amended than ever," he said. 

Tracy Wright is an intermezo newsman for Fox News Digital. Send communicative tips to [email protected].

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