Phil Collins is battling through what friends tell RadarOnline.com are "agonizing" final days of illness, after false reports claiming the 74-year-old was in hospice swept the Internet.

The retired Genesis frontman is not receiving end-of-life care, but is instead in the hospital recovering from knee surgery . Article continues below advertisement

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A spokesperson has confirmed Collins, who has long struggled with serious health problems, is "very sick" but stable and not in a hospice.

The denial came after sick doctored photos of Sir Paul McCartney serenading Collins in a hospice bed went vir

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