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Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has just revealed that the stroke he suffered last December—which forced the band to postpone their Las Vegas residency—wasn’t his first. During an interview with Eddie Trunk, Vince said that he’s actually had four strokes over the years. “Two of 'em I didn't even know I had,” he said. “One of 'em was a mini stroke that happened and I just lost feeling in my hand. And that was it. And I got over that pretty quickly. But then this last one, it was a big one.”
When he was asked how doctors discovered the earlier strokes, Neil replied, “Because they could see it in your brain. It's scarred right around the same spot. I had four scars in my brain, and the neurologist said those are all strokes.” It’s a sobering reminder of how silent strokes can be.
Neil also shared that strokes run in his family. His father passed away from one in March 2021, after battling its effects for some time. “I moved him to Nashville, right down the street from my house,” Neil said. “He couldn't talk. It was really sad. He had to have a helper and a motorized wheelchair. He fought through it, but the stroke just took him out.”
[Source: Premiere]