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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Asserts that Bernie Sanders experienced a heart attack five years prior to the interview.
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