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Celebrity Traitors favourite Stephen Fry cheated death following a dangerous alcohol and cocaine session, according to a close friend.

Comedy legend and television writer Ben Elton has disclosed how he frantically transported the actor to hospital in a taxi as his life hung in the balance.

Medical staff subsequently informed him that Stephen, renowned for his brilliant mind, had been "minutes away from suffering permanent brain damage – and not many more minutes away from death".

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The shocking disclosure emerges shortly after Stephen became among the most recent celebrities eliminated from Celebrity Traitors, despite maintaining his Faithful status throughout the vote.

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