Queen Guitarist Brian May Had a Stroke That Left Him With ‘No Control’ of His Arm

Brian May, the British guitarist of Queen, revealed Wednesday that he’d suffered a stroke that had caused him to lose control of one of his arms.

The 77-year-old musician detailed his medical emergency in a video on his website about the “health hiccup.” “The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days,” he said, wiggling the fingers on his left hand to the camera.

“I say this because it was in some doubt, because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago, and what they called it was a ‘minor stroke,’” May continued. “And all of a sudden out of the blue, I didn’t have any control of this arm,” he said, referring to his left arm.

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