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most painful rock star injuries
the one that almost makes me grimace the most happened to Mark Linkous:
In 1996, while supporting Tindersticks on the first Sparklehorse tour, Linkous overdosed on alcohol, Valium and antidepressants and possibly other substances in his London hotel room. Unconscious and with his legs pinned beneath him for almost fourteen hours, the resulting potassium buildup caused his heart to stop for several minutes after his body was lifted up. The following surgeries nearly caused him to lose both legs and left him wheelchair-bound for six months