JOHNNY DEPP described his daughter's time in hospital at London's Great Ormond Street as "the darkest period of my life".
Sixteen-year-old Lily-Rose was admitted to the children's hospital for nine days in 2007 for kidney failure caused by E.coli poisoning while Depp was filming at Pinewood Studios.
Speaking to Graham Norton about returning to the hospital to cheer up patients dressed as his Pirates of the Caribbean character Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp said: "For me it's a gift. They give me the gift.