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Jeff Bridges Reveals He Was 'Pretty Close to Dying' While Fighting COVID-19 Amid Cancer Battle

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Jeff Bridges is reflecting on the year that he called a “bizarre dream.” In a new interview with, the 72-year-old actor shared that he almost died after a battle with COVID-19, that was heightened due to his chemotherapy treatment -- after his diagnosis with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2020.

In October 2020, Bridges shared that during a workout, he felt something abnormal in his stomach. When he went to the doctors, it was revealed to be a 12 by 9-inch tumor.

The actor said at the time that the «prognosis is good.» actor said he immediately started chemotherapy by infusion and oral chemo, which caused the tumor to shrink.

Just when things were looking up for the actor, and he had his cancer under control, in January 2021, COVID hit. «I had no defenses.

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