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Country music singer Colt Ford recently shared that he saw more than just a bright white light when he flatlined. During an appearance on “Taste of Country Nights,” Ford explained what it was like for him to briefly die twice in April 2024 before being brought back to life. “There was a bell, it was a bright light and Toby [Keith] stepped out and said, ‘They’re not ready for you yet Little Dog, go on back down there.’ That’s how I woke up. I literally just opened my eyes, I didn’t know what happened, I didn’t know anything had transpired,” he said according to Taste of Country. The singer said that he and Keith were “super close” and often played golf together when Keith was alive. “He used to call me little dog daddy,” Ford said. Keith died in 2024 at 62 years old after battling stomach cancer. The interview asked Ford which version of Keith appeared in his vision and the singer said the late musician appeared to him “in his glory days.” “He was larger than life, man. Toby Keith’s like John Wayne,” Ford told the interviewer. Ford had a heart attack last April after he performed at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row venue in Gilbert, Arizona, People reported. The 54-year-old was taken to the Banner Desert Medical Center’s intensive care unit in Mesa, Arizona. Ford later spoke out on the incident on a call with the Big D & Bubba show. He revealed that he “died twice” during the ordeal, including while being rushed to the hospital. “They brought me back,” Ford said. “They saved my life. The Lord had more for me to do.” He added that one of his doctors told him his odds of living were incredibly slim. “He said, ‘I would give you a 0.1% chance that you would have survived,’” Ford said. “I had so much trauma in my body and my heart,” he said. “I had three stints put in (my heart).” Ford has had a history of health issues. In 2022, he was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, an incurable autoimmune disease that affects one’s facial muscles, eyes and throat, Taste of Country reported. Ford was also diagnosed with eye cancer in 2021, according to People. The country music star had to go on chemotherapy for several days.
