Bob Mortimer has made a heartbreaking admission about death after his triple heart bypᴀss. 

The Last One Laughing star, 65, underwent bypᴀss surgery in 2015 when his heart was stopped for 32 minutes after discovering that 95 per cent of his arteries were blocked. 

Last summer, he was left unable to walk for half of the newest series of his show Gone Fishing after he contracted shingles. 

Bob suffered wasted muscles after a six-month bout of the virus and had to be taken by wheelchair to several of the locations. 

During an appearance on Kathy Burke’s Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast, he explained that he no longer feared death.

The TV personality explained: ‘I don’t feel scared about death, I just feel so frustrated and sad to think I won’t see how stories end.’ 

Bob Mortimer has made a heartbreaking admission about death after his triple heart bypᴀss

The Last One Laughing star, 65, underwent bypᴀss surgery in 2015 when his heart was stopped for 32 minutes after discovering that 95 per cent of his arteries were blocked

Bob added: ‘My children’s story. My wife’s. The football. All the stories going on in the world that you’re going to miss the end of.’ 

Speaking about his experience, he said: ‘I did see the light at the end of the tunnel. I experienced going towards the light and feeling happier than I have ever felt, ever. 

‘It was quite extraordinary, and then I woke up a day later and I was OK. I thought, “This is great. I no longer fear death and everything.”‘

Bob secretly married his wife Lisa Matthews  just half an hour before undergoing heart surgery. 

The comic arranged to wed his long-term partner on the day of his operation after being warned he was ‘incredibly ill’.

Speaking at a press conference the following year, he recalled: ‘I found out I needed heart surgery on the Thursday, so I made a will on the Friday. 

‘Found out I couldn’t get married to Lisa because you have to give 21 days notice.

‘But my consultant said I was incredibly ill, so the registrar in London – I don’t live in London – gave me permission to get married on the Monday.’

The TV personality explained: ‘I don’t feel scared about death, I just feel so frustrated and sad to think I won’t see how stories end’  

Bob added: ‘My children’s story. My wife’s. The football. All the stories going on in the world that you’re going to miss the end of’ (pictured with his wife)

Bob continued: ‘I got married at half 9 on the Monday then went into hospital for the operation at 10.’

The ceremony was very intimate, with just Bob, Lisa and their two sons in attendance. 

In December, Bob revealed his ‘terrible’ fear he will never run again after the ‘worst health year’ of his life.

The comedian, who struggles with rheumatoid arthritis, was told by doctors he has lost 20% of muscle function after contracting shingles. 

‘It was the worst health year of my life to be honest and you know what, it was worse than my heart period,’ he said on the show previously.  

‘At the moment the consultant saying I’m heading for 80% muscle recovery in my leg and she said ‘you’ll just have to see what that means for you. 

‘The muscles I’ve lost, I’ve lost… But other ones can compensate for it, you know what I mean?

‘I can make the other muscles stronger but I have a terrible feeling I’m never going to be able to run again and you know that I used to like to run Paul.’

Bob has been open about his health in the past and has candidly spoken about his triple heart bypᴀss surgery and struggles with arthritis.

In December 2020, Bob admitted he feared the coronavirus pandemic would cut his life short by two years.

In December, Bob revealed his ‘terrible’ fear he will never run again after the ‘worst health year’ of his life as he discussed his health on Gone Fishing (pictured with Paul Whitehouse) 

Confessing he ditched his healthy lifestyle in lockdown, he said: ‘I’ve done no exercise, I’ve eaten so much and drunk so much booze. Lockdown has probably taken two years off of my life.’

The comedian previously spoke about his struggles with rheumatoid arthritis.

Bob said: ‘In my mid-twenties I got struck down with rheumatoid arthritis. I just woke up and it was like, ‘bang’.

‘I have been free of it since I have been 34 and it came back 10 days ago. It is really sad for me to know whether it will go. Yes I might be fat but actually I am on steroids.

‘At around 60 I like turned off and did not want anything different to happen. But it takes until you are 60 to realise all the things you could have done.’