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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ellie Harrison

‘I was in surrender mode’: Jeff Bridges reflects on being ‘pretty close to dying’ from Covid while recovering from cancer

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Jeff Bridges has looked back on catching Covid while recovering from cancer, saying he was “dancing with my mortality”.

The actor, known for playing “The Dude” in the 1998 cult hitThe Big Lebowski, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2020, after doctors found a “12-by-nine-inch tumour” in his stomach.

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