September 26th, 2007 by | Stay updated and subscribe.

Simon Cowell saves contestant’s life

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Simon Cowell helped save the life of a contestant who auditioned for The X Factor by noticing an odd rasp in her voice.

“It sounds as if you have someone else in there, like you were choking on something,” said Cowell, who told Jacqui Gray to go to the doctor.

So she did and was diagnosed with the potentially fatal lung disease bronchiectasis and was informed she could have died if she had not sought medical assistance.

Jacqui thank Cowell and co-host Sharon Osbourne:

“I want to thank them both. I may not have got through X Factor but they gave me something much more important than that - they really did save my life.  I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis and told if I had not got it seen to, it could have killed me.”




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