Willie Nelson Says He Asked His Wife ‘To Let Me Die’ While Battling COVID: ‘All I Can Remember Is Feeling Excruciating Pain’

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Willie Nelson is recounting a 2022 case of COVID that left him asking his wife, Annie D’Angelo, to “let me die.” The country musician recalls the experience in his new book, “The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity — and My Longest Love Affair,” an excerpt of which was published by People.

“I had the nebulizer on you, and a Q-tip up your nose to test for COVID-19,” D’Angelo wrote. (Given Nelson doesn’t remember much of the bout, he quotes his wife in the book.) “I got the oxygen going to keep you breathing, but it wasn’t working. You still couldn’t breathe. The COVID-19 test came up positive. I knew not to panic, but I also knew this was bad… In the back of the bus, you stayed isolated and grew sicker. I wasn’t sure you would make it. I alerted Dr. Greenwood that we were on our way and asked to have a mobile monoclonal antibody guy meet us at the cabin.”

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