Paul Rodgers, the legendary Free and Bad Company frontman who toured with Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen following the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, has admitted he was given a 50/50 chance of survival after major surgery. The 75-year-old star has suffered three major strokes in recent years. He admits they were "hereditary." The recovery process from was long as he "lost the ability to comprehend certain things" and had to relearn basic functions such as using a knife and fork and he needed treatment to restore his language and singing functions.

However that paled in comparision 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 then, very strange to come back from

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