Queen’s Brian May Reveals Minor Stroke; Guitarist Recovering After “Health Hiccup” Left Him Unable To Use Arm
deadline.comDon’t fret: He will rock you again. Queen‘s founding guitarist Brian May revealed that he had a “minor stroke” last week that left him unable to use his left arm for a while.
But the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is recovering and assured the faithful that the episode is not career-threatening. “The good news is that I can play guitar,” May said in a video shared on his website on Wednesday (watch it below). “It was in some doubt because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago, and what they called it was a minor stroke.
And all of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn’t have any control over this arm, so it was a little scary.” That indeed is good news for the legion of Queen worshippers around the globe.
The English band released a slew of platinum albums and smash singles starting in the mid-1970s, including six No. 1 hits in the UK and two stateside.
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