Robin Williams Revealed Doctors Gave Him Two Weeks To Live Before Heart Surgery

Posted on May 17, 2009

Comedian Robin Williams said he was given just two weeks to live before his heart surgery. Read more on Robin Williams below.

Robin Williams, 57, told David Letterman on his talk show that the heart surgery has extended his life.

Williams was forced to postpone his “Weapons of Self-Destruction” comedy tour in March after doctors advised him he needed surgery to replace an aortic valve.

Robin told David Letterman, who also had a heart surgery in 2000, that he was told he would die if he didn’t have the surgery.

He said, “They gave me… they said two weeks. I mean, when they initially went in, there was one doctor who I found out was going on vacation the next day who wanted to do the surgery that day.”

“(Another) doctor said: ‘Maybe you want to wait. You never want to have a surgery with a guy who wants to go someplace.’”

“But they said two weeks, and that allowed me to make the decision… You want to look for someone who’s done a lot of them.”

Robin Williams even thanked his doctors that did his heart surgery on the show.

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