(NEXSTAR) – Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds, perhaps best known for his hit version of “I Hear You Knocking,” is currently recovering from a “major cardiac arrest” he suffered last week, his wife shared on social media.

Cici Edmunds, on Tuesday, said Edmunds was near death before hospital workers were able to “resurrect” him with CPR.

“He died in my arms while I desperately tried to keep him alive,” Cici Edmunds wrote in a July 29 Facebook post.

She said Edmunds was intubated and placed in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

“He very clearly has brain damage and severe memory loss,” she said. “And the risk of yet another major cardiac arrest is high. And if that occurs there is no chance for Dave.”

In her post, Cici Edmunds also asked for “as many peoples prayers and good wishes” as

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