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Legendary Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers, who toured with Queen star's Brian May and Roger Taylor following the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, has confessed he was given a 50/50 chance of survival after a major surgery. ‌

The 75-year-old musician has suffered three significant strokes in recent years which he says have all been "hereditary". His recovery journey was long as he "lost the ability to comprehend certain things" and had to relearn basic tasks such as using a knife and fork and required treatment to restore his language and singing functions. ‌

However that paled in comparison to surgery on his carotid artery which he described as "a major surgery with only a 50/50 chance of survival". He said: "I was completely on life support

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