John Bowe yesterday revealed he had been battling coronavirus, saying he had "nearly died" from it.The former Emmerdale cast member said it had made him realise "the gauze between life and death is extremely thin".The 70-year-old, who played Lawrence White in the ITV soap, explained all in a candid post to his 24,000 Twitter followers.The soap regular also spoke out after it emerged Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in hospital after previously testing positive for COVID-19."#Coronavirus Sunday observations," John started. "I have nearly died twice in my life.
Once just last week."The gauze between life and death is extremely thin and oh so easy to pass through. Certainly in one direction.