Former X-Factor star Chico: I thought I was going to die
Former X Factor contestant Chico feared he would die alone in a car park after suffering a stroke while driving home from his job as a fitness instructor.
The 47-year-old - who appeared in the 2005 series of the TV talent show and later released a number one single, It's Chico Time - had a 0.8in (2cm) clot on his brain, according to the Sun.
Chico - full name Chico Slimani - was driving to his home in north London from a fitness class in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, on September 15 when he fell ill and pulled over before vomiting and passing out.
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Hide AdHe told the newspaper: "There was no sense of Chico. I was having a near-death experience. It was like I'm dying. I thought I was just about to take my last breath.