Overview
- She recalls he woke around 4:30 a.m., asked for a kiss and a hug, then went to work out and was found collapsed 20 minutes later in the home gym.
- She says he suffered a heart attack and that medics tried to resuscitate and airlift him, but he could not be revived.
- The official cause of death, confirmed in August, remains a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction).
- She says doctors warned his July 5 farewell at Birmingham’s Villa Park could kill him, yet he insisted on performing from a throne.
- She says he felt “ready” in his final week, spoke of vivid dreams, and she has since battled dark thoughts, crediting their children with keeping her going.