Sir Michael Palin attends the National Television Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena on January 28, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage) Sir Michael Palin has shared how his life was saved by an elderly neighbour after he inadvertently set his own house on fire while recovering from heart surgery.
It came as the Monty Python star was told by doctors to rest at home after undergoing open-heart surgery in September. The 76-year-old ran into trouble when doing breathing exercises to aid his recovery as he accidentally sent kitchen roll into a flame before things escalated when he attempted to extinguish the fire. © Getty “I leapt up and grasped a hand towel, which briefly smothered the flames before itself catching
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