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Stephen Fry’s friend has revealed how the comedian was left ‘minutes from death’ after ‘whacking cocaine up his nose’ at a boozy party in the early 90s.
Black Adder co-writer Ben Elton recalled the scary aftermath as he was forced to rush Stephen to the hospital in the back of a black cab.
Writing in his book, What Have I Done?, Ben explained how after attending a dinner in London the pair found themselves knocking back Belgian beers.
He later noticed how Stephen had started to ‘wheeze’ after taking cocaine, which prompted him to rush his pal to A&E.
In pages obtained by The Mirror, Ben wrote: ‘He looked like a corpse – grey, translucent skin, seemingly no life left in his eyes, numerous tubes and wires attached to every part of him.
‘His breath sounded like a death rattle and I couldn’t imagine he was getting any oxygen into his lungs at all.’
Stephen Fry’s friend has revealed how the comedian was left ‘minutes from death’ after ‘whacking cocaine up his nose’ at a boozy party in the early 90s
Ben added: ‘It was then that the doctor told me that Stephen had been minutes away from suffering permanent brain damage.’
Daily Mail has contacted Stephen representative for comment.
As he opened up about a 15-year addiction to the Class A drug, in his 2014, autobiography, More Fool Me, Stephen even claimed he once took cocaine at Buckingham Palace.
The presenter also revealed his brushes with the law and how he narrowly escaped drug charges after being stopped by police while in possession of cocaine.
The autobiography follows Stephen through the 1980s and 90s after he had found fame through shows such as A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster.
He recalled the ‘momentous night’ in 1986 when he first took cocaine with an unnamed actor friend and admits that he never saw himself as an addict as his dependency spiralled out of control.
He doesn’t detail the year he believed he became addicted or when he kicked the habit.
