{
  "id": 19574909,
  "title": "Willie Nelson Says He Asked His Wife ‘To Let Me Die’ While Battling COVID: ‘All I Can Remember Is Feeling Excruciating Pain’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/willie-nelson-says-he-asked-his-wife-to-let-me-die-while-battling",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:48:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/willie-nelson-covid-die-1236945708/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Willie Nelson is recounting a 2022 case of COVID that left him asking his wife, Annie D’Angelo, to “let me die.” The country musician recalls the experience in his new book, “The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity — and My Longest Love Affair,” an excerpt of which was published by People. “I had the […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}