Paul Danan gave fans a three-word warning about vaping addicton before death
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Months before Paul Danan's tragic death, the Hollyoaks actor was hospitalised with a vape addiction. The Celebrity Love Island star sadly died at the age of 46 on Thursday, with his management team confirming his passing in an emotional statement. Paul, who rose to fame playing Sol Patrick on the Channel 4 soap in the '90s, was a "beacon of light to so many", his management said, and his "untimely departure will leave irreplaceable voids in the lives of all who knew him".
Throughout his career, Paul battled various addictions and previously revealed he had visited rehab 17 times. The British TV star was open about his health scares and publicly discussed two terrifying near-death experiences – one of which occurred months before his death when he suffered respiratory failure due to his 'obsessive' vaping habit.
Just last year, Paul revealed he had been urgently hospitalised when he collapsed. He was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital in London and was admitted to intensive care and also got pneumonia. "I was dead - it's a miracle I'm here. I'm upstairs puffing away on my vape then suddenly I lost my breath and collapsed," he said.
"My family called for an ambulance and started giving me CPR, then police arrived and took over before paramedics took me to hospital," he said at the time, before revealing that his family were given the worst news. "I was on a machine in ICU and ended up with pneumonia. My family were warned that I might not make it through the night." In a stark warning to fans, he added: "I'm so lucky.".
