The “Jesse Girl” singer recently underwent a full-body MRI scan to detect previous or current health issues.
Grammy-winning musician Rick Springfield recently discovered that he was suffering from prolonged brain damage as a result of fall 25 years ago.
The “Jesse Girl” singer told the outlet that during a 2000 Las Vegas performance, scans had the lasting effect of falls.
“I fell 25 feet, bumped into my head, a tree descended and smashed my head, and my head hit the stage again,” he recalled.
“I thought I had just broken my wrist, but the scans showed I had brain damage since the fall, so I’m trying to fix it.”
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Springfield felt compelled to receive a scan after seeing firsthand the sacrifice of ignoring your health that you can ignore your body.
“My father passed away from something he didn’t want to know,” he said. “I thought he had been suffering from stomach cancer for years so I never checked out. When he finally collapsed on the day he was home, they found out it was a ruptured ulcer and he died of blood loss. If he checked it out, it might have been fixed.”
This experience has left lasting impacts and has led Australian natives to become health-driven over the years.
He exercised daily, changed his diet and reduced his alcohol consumption for the past two years.
Springfield, who turned 76 in August, feels like he’s still in his 20s, but when it comes to thinking about death, he learns to embrace thoughts and what life has.
“That’s not a death wish no matter how stretches you stretch,” he said. “But it’s important to be aware of that. I think I deal with dying more than before.”
Springfield gained fame for both singing and acting, and is best known for his No. 1 hit “Jesse’s Girl” in 1981, and four more US hits, “Don’t talk to strangers”, “Heartless”, “I did everything for you”, “Love Someone”.
As an actor, he first starred in the film Hard To Hold in 1984 and played a role in popular television shows such as The Rockford Files, The Young and the Restless, and General Hospital.
