Saturday Star

Sharon fears not the Reaper

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SHARON Stone c laims she is no long er afraid of d ying after her o wn “jour ney to the beyond”.

The 58-year-old says she saw a “giant v ortex of white light” during a near -death experience, f ollowing a brain haemorrhag­e.

She was “met b y some of my friends… people w ho were very dear to me” [w ho had died]. T he Basic Instinct star then “r eturned to her bod y” with a “whoosh”.

“It af fected m y life so pr o- foundly tha t it will ne ver be the same ,” she told Closer Weekly magazine. “I g et not to be afraid of d ying, and to tell other people that it’s a fabulous thing.

“When dea th comes , it’ s glorious and beautiful. I had an incredible sense of well-being. Death – it’s very near and very safe. It’s not scary.”

A subarac hnoid haemor rhage in 2001 f orced Stone to take a br eak fr om acting, as she re-lear ned how to walk and talk. – Daily Mail WHAT a difference a year makes. Last summer, the sight of her protruding ribcage, bony shoulder blades and gaunt face left fans fearing for Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s health.

But the 33-year-old singer and former X Factor judge displayed a much rounder face and fuller figure for L’Oreal’s True Match foundation campaign.

The singer’s weight plummeted as her marriage to French restaurate­ur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini broke down. She’s now dating One Direction star Liam Payne, 23, and is rumoured to be pregnant. – Daily Mail

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PICTURE: REUTERS A steely-eyed model on the catwalk, one of many who live in fear of leaking on the job.
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PICTURE: REUTERS Former Beatles Ringo Starr, left, and Sir Paul McCartney attend the world premiere of The Beatles: Eight Days a Week –The Touring Years in London this week.
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PICTURE: AP Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has reason to smile again.
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Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone.

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