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Sharon Stone reveals what she saw when she nearly died from a stroke

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Stone said that five glowing orbs appeared while she recovered from a stroke. (Picture: Getty Images) Hollywood icon Sharon Stone has revealed that five glowing ‘orbs’ spoke to her after she nearly died from a stroke and warned that she would be separated from her son. The Basic Instinct star said that the lights appeared while she was drifting between sleep and wakefulness at home. They apparently communicated with her in what she could only describe as a ‘digital language’. Stone suffered a near-fatal stroke and brain haemorrhage in 2001, when she was just 43. She’s previously said that her brain bled for nine days and that she had to re-learn how to walk, speak and read. Speaking on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown podcast , she said that she was given only a 1% to 5% chance of survival. Stone also discussed what she believes may have been a separate near-death experience while undergoing an MRI scan at the hospital. The well-loved Sliver actress was recovering from a near-fatal brain haemo

First report: 'Having a stroke at 26 was massive learning curve' — bbc.co.uk, 2d