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Jayne
Seymour
 Jayne Seymour is an actress
most noted for the cult classic movie, "Somewhere in Time," with
actor Christopher Reeves, and the television series "Dr. Quinn,
Medicine Woman." When Jayne Seymour was 36 years of age, she had a
severe case of the flu and was given an injection of penicillin. She
suffered an allergic reaction which led to a near-death
experience.
"I literally left my body. I had this feeling that I
could see myself on the bed, with people grouped around
me."
"I literally left my body. I had this feeling that I could
see myself on the bed, with people grouped around me. I remember
them all trying to resuscitate me. I was above them, in the corner
of the room looking down. I saw people putting needles in me, trying
to hold me down, doing things. I remember my whole life flashing
before my eyes, but I wasn't thinking about winning Emmys or
anything like that. The only thing I cared about was that I wanted
to live because I did not want anyone else looking after my
children. I was floating up there thinking, "No, I don't want to
die. I'm not ready to leave my kids." And that was when I said to
God, "If you're there, God, if you really exist and I survive, I
will never take your name in vain again." Although I believe that I
"died" for about thirty seconds, I can remember pleading with the
doctor to bring me back. I was determined I wasn't going to
die."
She then suddenly found herself back in her body.
Peter
Sellers
 Peter
Sellers was the comic genius of a generation of actors. He brought
brilliant characterizations to numerous films, including "The Mouse
That Roared" (1959), "Dr. Strangelove" (1964), "The
Pink Panther" (1964), and "Being There" (1979). He was
known for his enthusiastic way of totally absorbing himself in his
characters, even carrying roles offstage. He also suffered from sad
moods between films. While he knew his characters thoroughly, he
said that he really did not know who he was. Then Peter Sellers, the
brilliant, confused actor, had a near-death
experience.
"Well, I felt myself leave my body. I just floated
out of my physical form and I saw them cart my body away to the
hospital."
The doctor saw that he was dead and massaged his heart
vigorously, Meanwhile:
"I looked around myself and I saw an incredibly beautiful
bright loving white light above me. I wanted to go to that white
light more than anything. I've never wanted anything more. I know
there was love, real love, on the other side of the light which was
attracting me so much. It was kind and loving and I remember
thinking "That's God."" (MacLaine, 172)
Elizabeth
Taylor
 British actress Elizabeth Taylor spoke about her experience of
having "died" on the operating table while undergoing surgery, and
of passing through a tunnel towards a brilliant white light.
Interviewed by Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live," the legendary
Hollywood star related how she had "died" for five minutes on the
operating table.
"I was pronounced dead once and actually saw the
light. I find it very hard to talk about, actually, because it
sounds so corny."
Ms. Taylor said that while she was clinically dead, she had
encountered the spirit of Michael Todd, one of her former husbands,
whom she referred to as her "great love." She had wanted to stay
with Todd, she said, but he had told her that she had work and life
ahead of her, and he "pushed me back to my life." Following her
resuscitation, the eleven-person medical team - including doctors,
nurses, etc. - witnessed Taylor's testimonial of this
event.
"I was pronounced dead once and actually saw the light. I
find it very hard to talk about, actually, because it sounds so
corny. It happened in the late í50s, and I saw Mike (Todd,
Taylor's third husband, who was killed in a plane crash in
1958). When I came to, there were about 11 people in the room.
I'd been gone for about five minutes - they had given me up for dead
and put my death notice on the wall. I shared this with the people
that were in the room next to me. Then after that I told another
group of friends, and I thought, "Wow, this sounds really screwy. I
think I'd better keep quiet about this."
"For a long time I didn't talk about it, and it is still hard
for me to talk about. But I have shared it with people with AIDS
because if the moment occurs and you're really sharing, it is real. I
am not afraid of death, because I have been there."
Robert
Pastorelli
 Robert Pastorelli is most noted for his
starring role in the television series, "Murphy Brown." At the age
of 19, he had a car accident which caused a near-death experience
that literally changed how he was living, in a very dramatic
way.
"Suddenly I realized I was out of my body. I was
floating above myself, looking down at my unconscious body..."
"It smashed right into the driver's door. It hit me so hard
it actually knocked the shoes off my feet. My car rolled over about
four times on this big highway and the next thing I knew I was in
intensive care with a collapsed lung. Every one of my ribs was
shattered. I had lacerations to my head and face, and my kidneys,
spleen and gall bladder were all ruptured. I was a mess.
"I was in excruciating pain. Then, in the next second, there
was no pain. Suddenly I realized I was out of my body. I was
floating above myself, looking down at my unconscious body lying in
the hospital emergency room with my eyes closed. I could see tubes
down my nose and throat. I knew I was dying and I thought, "Well,
this must be death." I even saw a priest giving me the last rites.
But it was the most peaceful feeling in the world. Then I saw my
father starting to faint out of grief. Two nurses grabbed him and
sat him down in a chair across the room.
"When I looked down and saw my father's pain it had an effect
on me. I firmly believe that at that moment I made a decision to
live, not die. The next thing I knew I was waking up back in my
body. Later, in the recovery room, when I was fully conscious, I
told my father what had happened, his fainting and all. He was
astounded."
Sharon
Stone
 "Basic Instinct" star,
Sharon Stone, has told how she had a "white light
experience" during her brain scare. Stone says she almost died after
internal bleeding caused by a tear in an artery at the base of her
skull. Sharon was interviewed by Katie Couric about her journey into
the afterlife.
"... a giant vortex of white light was upon me
and I kind ... of took off into this glorious, bright, white
light..."
When it hit me I felt like
I'd been shot in the head. That's
the only way I can really describe it. It hit me so hard it knocked
me over on the sofa. And Phil was out of town and I called him and
said, "I think I had a stroke." But in all fairness, I'm a person
who is always saying, " I think I've had
a stroke, I think I've had a heart attack, I think I've had a brain
hemorrhage ...
I had a real journey with this that took me to places both
here and beyond that affected me so profoundly that my life will
never be the same ...
I get to be not afraid of dying and I get to tell other
people that it is a fabulous thing and that death is a gift. And not
that you should kill yourself, but that when death comes to you, as
it will, that it is a glorious and beautiful thing. This kind of
giant vortex of white light was upon me and I kind of – poof – sort
of took off into this glorious, bright, bright, bright white light
and I started to see and be met by some of my friends. But it was
very fast - whoosh! Suddenly, I was back. I was in my body and I was
in the room.
Gary Busey
Gary
Busey,
once Hollywood's "bad boy," was nominated for an Oscar for the
movie, "The Buddy Holly Story." Busey, who fought addiction with
drugs and alcohol for several years, was nicknamed "Gary Busey" by
his wife. Busey has had supernatural encounters in which he nearly
died three or more times in his life ...a drug overdose, cancer, and
an accident west of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
But the most tragic
experience, and one that changed his life, was a motorcycle accident
in 1988. Gary was going about 40-50 miles per hour riding on 750
pounds of cold steel. He was not wearing a helmet when he crashed.
He was flung over the top of his cycle, head first into the curb and
he cracked his skull. Busey had an NDE while he was dying on the
operating table after having brain surgery. During his NDE, he was
surrounded by angels. Busey stated that they didn't appear in the
form that people see on Christmas cards. The angels he saw were big
balls of light that floated and carried nothing but love and warmth
- and this love is unconditional.
As a result of his NDE, he recently dedicated his life to
Jesus and has been a prominent speaker at many Christian Promise
Keeper rallies. He is no longer the "bad boy" of
Hollywood.
Larry
Hagman
 Larry
Hagman, of "Dallas" and "I
Dream of Jeanie" fame, underwent a liver transplant in 1995. Years
of heavy drinking resulted in cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. He
was only weeks away from certain death at the time of his liver
transplant and near-death experience.
"I got a little glimpse of what was the next
step. I didn't see a light some people see, but I had a wonderful
feeling of bliss and warmth."
Larry describes what he
experienced: "I was able to look over the edge. I got a little
glimpse of what was the next step. I didn't see a light some people
see, but I had a wonderful feeling of bliss and warmth. The bottom
line is "love," that sounds corny, but it was just lovely,
uplifting."
You can read more of Hagman's extensive and wonderful
experience by clicking here.
Sally
Kirkland
 Actress Sally
Kirkland's impressive film credits include "Bruce Almighty,"
"The Sting," "JFK," and "Anna" where she was nominated for an Oscar
as best actress. In 1966, Sally was participating in legal
psychedelic experiments with doctors whereby she would have
experiences of cosmic consciousness. Unfortunately, these
experiences were followed by her life spinning out of control. The
pain of life had just become more than she could bear.
"A miracle happened, I was given a second
chance..."
This led to a nervous breakdown and several suicide attempts.
Eventually, she overdosed on Nembutal and Seconal during a suicide
attempt and was found with her heart and lungs stopped. Last rites
were even administered. It was during this suicide attempt that
Sally had an NDE.
She states, "A miracle happened, I was given a second chance
and this has been a way to stay on the straight and narrow for 30
years, with the exception of a period in 1975 where I went off the
track prior to ordination. When people hear the hell I went through
on drugs, they listen to how to get off them."
Today, Sally is a yoga teacher and serves as an ordained
minister in the Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
for the last decade, where she helps others to become drug free.
When she is on stage, she uses the emotional recall of her own
near-death experience as a source for bringing light to the roles
she plays.
Rebecca
DeMornay
 Rebecca
DeMornay starred in the movie
thriller, "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle." When she was 7 years
old, she was in Mexico City, Mexico, when she got ill from a peptic
ulcer and had what she believes was a near-death
experience.
"One night the doctors told my mother that there was only a
fifty-fifty chance that I'd make it. I remember that I was tied to
three IVs but I recall getting out of bed and looking out of the
window: it was snowing. There was an old-fashioned lamppost and
barefoot children were dancing around it, singing. I went back to
bed and the next morning the crisis was over. In 1983 I started
thinking about it: "Does it ever snow in Mexico City? Do they have
these strange kind of lampposts there?" I went back to Mexico and I
didn't see those lampposts anywhere. Nor does it ever snow
there."
Donald
Sutherland
 Donald
Sutherland, who played the
character, Hawkeye Piece, in the movie version of "Mash", had a
near-death experience when ill with meningitis in
1979.
"I was floating above my body, surrounded by soft
blue light. I began to glide down a long
tunnel..."
"Suddenly the pain, fever and acute distress seemed to
evaporate. I was floating above my body, surrounded by soft blue
light. I began to glide down a long tunnel, away from the bed ...
but suddenly I found myself back in my body. The doctors told me
later that I had actually died for a time."
Eric
Estrada
 Eric
Estrada became famous for his
starring role in the television series, "Chips." While filming an
episode of "Chips," he had a terrible motorcycle accident that led
to a near-death experience.
"But something seemed to be blocking my progress.
A voice told me, "You've got to go
back..."
"Suddenly I was in a long corridor with bright lights,
beautiful music, and a feeling of great peace. But something seemed
to be blocking my progress. A voice told me, "You've got to go back.
You've a lot still to do. You've achieved success and stardom but
you haven't achieved personal happiness and peace of
mind."
After hearing the voice, he returned to his body.
Burt
Reynolds
 Burt
Reynolds, the star of
"Smokey and the Bandit," and many other movies, went into a coma
when trying to kick a sleeping pill addiction. He has stated that he
had "the whole out-of-body experience."
James
Cromwell
 Actor James Cromwell became internationally known from
his role as Farmer Hoggett, the owner of a piglet in the hit movie
"Babe." At the age of five, James fell into the ocean which resulted
in a near-death experience. Since then, James describes his whole
life as "a mystical event."
He states that he has memories of a past life
in the days of King Arthur during the Middle
Ages...
After his NDE, James
has recurring images in his dreams that are connected to previous
incarnations. He states that he has memories of a past life in the
days of King Arthur during the Middle Ages.
Chevy
Chase
 Chevy Chase's fame began when
was one of the "Not Ready For Prime-Time Players" for Saturday Night
Live. While working on the film called "Modern Problems" (1981),
Chevy Chase was nearly killed by electrocution when a stunt went
awry during the sequence in which he is wearing "landing lights" and
dreams that he is an airplane. The current in the lights
short-circuited through his arm, back, and neck muscles which caused
him to lose consciousness and have a near-death experience. Now, he
sees such accidents as a warning to cut it out and save his skin.
After his experience, he went through a period of deep depression as
many experiencers do when they don't want to return from their
NDE.
Lou Gossett
Jr.
 Accomplished actor Lou Gossett Jr., famous for his role as a drill
sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentleman", has had five near-death
experiences. Lou's most intriguing encounter occurred at the age of
twelve. While playing baseball, he fell into a deep hole and
experienced a brilliant tunnel of light. He also recalls a past
incarnation as a pirate with a harem off the coast of
Morocco.
Eric
Roberts
 Internationally
renowned actor Eric Roberts has starred in more than 70 films,
including the Dannion
Brinkley movie, "Saved
by the Light." Eric has traveled all over the world encountering
many colorful experiences. One of Eric's most dramatic moments took
place in Westport, Connecticut. He was driving along, became
distracted by his dog, and crashed. He was hospitalized in a coma
and almost died. It was this state that Eric claimed to have had a
surreal out-of-body experience.
George
Lucas
 George Lucas is the creator
of the blockbuster movie, "Star Wars." Lucas is not conscious of
having a near-death experience, yet he behaves as if he'd had one.
As a youngster, Lucas was considered a punk-a non-achiever,
romantic, unathletic, unassertive, and not studious.
"You can't have that kind of experience and not
feel that there must be a reason why you're
here."
According to his father, he was good at only two things:
cruising and hanging out. Wanting to race cars seemed to be his only
ambition. Then, three days before he was to graduate from high
school, without warning or advance-behavior cues, Lucas was involved
in a spectacular car crash. For three days he hung between life and
death and was hospitalized for two weeks more. About the crash,
Lucas stated, "You can't have that kind of experience and not feel
that there must be a reason why you're here. I realized I should be
spending my time trying to figure out what that reason is and trying
to fulfill it."
Ozzy Osbourne
 Rock
star Ozzy Osbourne "died twice"
after a bike accident which left him in a coma for eight days. The
accident happened when he hit a pothole which was covered in leaves.
It catapulted him over the handlebars and he tumbled down a hill
with the bike landing on top of him, crushing his chest. His
bodyguard rushed to his aid and gave him mouth to mouth when he
twice stopped breathing. "If it wasn't for Sam I probably wouldn't
be here. He had to bring me back to life twice." Ozzy said. He
described his confusion he had felt on gradually coming round from
his coma. "I didn't know where I was or how long I'd been there. I
would drift in and out of consciousness. Other times there would be
a white light shining through the darkness, but no f---king angels,
no one blowing trumpets and no man in a white beard." Ozzy, who has
battled addictions to drink and drugs, said the crash finally made
him "grow up.". Ozzy stated, "You are bopping along through life and
have your ups and downs, but it is amazing how two or three seconds
can totally change your life."
Elvis
Presley
 People having
near-death experiences are greeted by someone - usually someone they
deeply love or the so-called "Being of Light". When Elvis Presley
died, it seemed like the whole world mourned. He was truly loved by
many people the world over. Since then, many people have reported
having "Elvis sightings" where the spirit of Elvis appears as an
apparition to people much in the same way that Jesus appeared to
people after his death.
– A Mid-western teacher saw Elvis Presley in an
intense light during her near-death
experience.
Not only this, many near-death experiencers find themselves
greeted, not by a Being of Light, but by Elvis Presley. According to
Dr. Melvin Morse in his book on near-death experiences entitled
"Transformed by the Light," a 45-year old Mid-western teacher saw
Elvis Presley in an intense light during her near-death experience.
The woman had met Elvis when she was a child. The following is her
near-death account:
"I entered into a dark tunnel and
suddenly I was in a place filled up with love and a beautiful,
bright light. The place seemed holy. My father, who had died two
years earlier, was there, as were my grandparents. Everyone was
happy to see me, but my father told me it was not my time and I
would be going back. Just as I turned to go, I caught sight of
Elvis! He was standing in this place of intense bright light. He
just came over to me, took my hand and said, "Hi, Bev, do you
remember me?" (Mauro,1992)
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