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JOHN BURGESS ‘My wife’s the REASON I’M ALIVE’

John Burgess is thrilled and looking forward to entering his eighth decade, after a life-or-death health battle last year left him certain his “number was up”.

“Looking back, I realise it was way worse than first thought. Frankly, I’m lucky to be alive,” the legend of Aussie game shows tells New Idea ahead of the milestone

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