Colt Ford performs in Nashville in September 2023.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty
Jason Kempin/Getty
Colt Fordis currently in the ICU after suffering a heart attack.
The country-rap star experienced a heart attack on Thursday, April 4 after performing atDierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row venue in Gilbert, Arizona, according to a press release.
Issued in the morning on April 5, the release stated that Ford, 54, is “currently under care in the Intensive Care Unit at the Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona.”
Colt Ford.Goldy
Goldy
Originally from Athens, Georgia, Ford (born Jason Farris Brown) initially earned recognition as a professional golfer on the Nationwide Tour before developing an interest in country and hip-hop music.
The musician released his debut album,Ride Through the Country, in 2008. The project featured collaborations with John Michael Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson andBrantley Gilbert, among others.
In 2021, Ford revealed he’d beendiagnosed with eye cancer. “The doctor told me I was a week to 10 days from having to go on full chemo,” he told PEOPLE at the time.
Days after having surgery, the star was back on stage. “I had so many friends asking, ‘Why didn’t you tell me?'” he said at the time. “But I just thought everyone was dealing with so much stuff and stress.”
Colt Ford.Eric Irvin
Eric Irvin
“I didn’t want to put that burden on anyone else. But it did feel good to have so many people reach out to me. It reminded me that it’s not always about the music,” added Ford. “They actually care about me — the person.”
“I know darn well that God never puts anything on you that you can’t handle, but the Lord might have a lot more confidence in me than I thought,” said Ford at the time.
After beating the cancer, however, the musician was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis that affects the face, eyes and throat.
“It hadn’t really affected my throat, but it really affected my eye,” said Ford in a May 2023 interview withTaste of Country. “I had no control over my right eye. It really messes with your vision. I could see perfectly out of either eye, but then I would look together and I’d see three of you and you would be melting together like a lava lamp.”
source: people.com
