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Bernie Sanders: “I had a heart attack five years ago.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 57:49

No, I'm not afraid of death. What I am afraid of, I think, is infirmity. I have been, knock on wood. This is wood, I think, reasonably healthy, with an exception. I had a heart attack five years ago. And what blew me away was that my body failed me for the very first time in my life. That was stunning to me, that suddenly I was in a hospital bed. (57:49–57:51)

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