'Biggest Loser' Host Bob Harper Says He Was 'Dead On The Ground' After Heart Attack
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | April 05, 2017
Bob Harper, personal trainer and host of NBC's The Biggest Loser, says he's thankful to be alive after suffering a massive heart attack in February.
The 51-year-old Harper appeared Tuesday on NBC's Today show.
“I had what they call a widowmaker,” he said. “The fact there were doctors in the gym when I had the attack saved my life.”
“I was in full cardiac arrest. I was dead, on the ground dead,” said Harper, the author of three books on fitness.
When he woke up from a coma two days later, Harper said he didn't remember much about what had happened.
“I was like Dory from Finding Nemo with short-term memory, reliving the heart attack over and over,” he said.
Harper, who has a family history of heart disease, added that “genetics does play a part in this.”
Harper came out publicly on an episode of The Biggest Loser in 2013.