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<\/a> <\/div>\nJennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Two months after Toby Keith passed away in 2024 after a cancer battle, a friend of his had two heart attacks and almost died. The country artist credits Toby Keith\u2019s spirit with saving their life. Keep reading for all the details on the spiritual reprieve.<\/p>\n Toby Keith mysteriously disappeared from the public eye around 2021. When he reappeared, fans were shocked by his change in appearance. The once muscular country artist looked like a shell of himself. He resurfaced in 2022 to share the news that he had stomach cancer and had been secretly battling it for the last year.<\/p>\n Fans rallied around him as he vowed to beat the cancer and resume touring. Toby Keith\u2019s last TV performance was on September 28, 2023, at the inaugural People\u2019s Choice Country Awards, where he performed \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Old Man In\u201d and received the Country Icon Award. He performed a handful of concerts in Vegas that December.<\/p>\n Toby Keith passed away<\/a> on February 5, 2024, a little over two years after he was diagnosed.<\/p>\n Toby Keith\u2019s death hit hard for a lot of country music fans and fellow artists.<\/a> One of his close friends, Colt Ford, suffered a serious health issue of his own two months after Toby Keith\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Colt Ford had a near-fatal heart attack on April 4, 2024, after a concert in Gilbert, Arizona. He collapsed backstage, went into cardiac arrest twice, and was revived with a defibrillator. Then he underwent a 10-hour surgery and placed in a medically induced coma for eight days. He told Taste of Country Nights<\/em><\/a> that Toby Keith brought him back to life.<\/p>\n Colt Ford says he saw Toby Keith when he briefly died #coltford<\/a> #tobykeith<\/a> #countrymusic<\/a> <\/p>\n \u266c original sound \u2013 CountryMusicAlley<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cThere was a bell, it was a bright light and Toby stepped out and said, \u2018They\u2019re not ready for you yet Little Dog, go on back down there.\u2019 That\u2019s how I woke up. I literally just opened my eyes, I didn\u2019t know what happened, I didn\u2019t know anything had transpired,\u201d Colt Ford shared.<\/p>\n Toby Keith and the country rapper actually met on the golf course. Colt Ford made a living as a golf player for ten years before getting into the music business.<\/a> He regularly played golf with the \u201cAs Good as I Once Was\u201d singer.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nToby Keith Fought Cancer<\/h3>\n
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Country Star Says Toby Keith\u2019s Spirit Saved Their Life After Heart Attack<\/h3>\n
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