Ibiza club owner Wayne Lineker has revealed he came close to death twice during his battle with pneumonia. The 62-year-old, brother of former Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, said he was left using a Zimmer frame after the illness.
Lineker, co-founder of O Beach Ibiza, told ITV's Good Morning Britain that he caught an infection in Dubai after his immune system crashed following a stint in rehab. He described how he woke up in severe pain and had to crawl to his phone to call for help.
“I wasn’t paralysed, but the pain I was receiving, because it attacked the lower spine and my back,” he said. “It was probably the worst two minutes of my life.”
He was diagnosed with chronic pneumonia and spent seven weeks in hospital, being discharged on Boxing Day. In social media posts, he said he had two pneumonia “attacks” before leaving hospital.
Lineker also revealed he had been admitted to rehab for six weeks in July, after which his immune system crashed and he fought seven infections, including shingles. He said his brother Gary had been sending messages and well wishes.
