{"id":498,"date":"2026-01-24T13:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:29:17","slug":"phil-collins-74-shares-tragic-health-update-in-rare-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Phil Collins, 74, shares tragic health update in rare interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"337\">Phil Collins\u2019 health has continued to decline, and the music legend now requires 24-hour care. Ahead of his 75th birthday, Collins revealed on BBC\u2019s <em data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"242\">Eras<\/em> podcast that he has a live-in nurse to help manage his medications and ongoing medical issues.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"608\">The former Genesis drummer has undergone five knee surgeries and now has only one functioning knee, relying on crutches or a cane to walk. He also suffers from drop-foot following a spinal procedure in 2007, which left his foot numb and ended his ability to play drums.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"847\">Collins retired from performing in 2022, with his final Genesis show featuring his son Nic on drums. His health struggles were worsened by kidney problems, which he partly attributes to years of heavy drinking. He is now two years sober.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1030\">Despite calling recent years \u201cdifficult and frustrating,\u201d the Grammy-winning artist says he\u2019s managing \u2014 marking a painful chapter in the life of one of music\u2019s most iconic figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Phil Collins\u2019 health has continued to decline, and the music legend now requires 24-hour care. Ahead of his 75th birthday, Collins revealed on BBC\u2019s Eras <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=498\" title=\"Phil Collins, 74, shares tragic health update in rare interview\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}