{"id":12021,"date":"2025-04-07T20:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2025-04-07T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:41:28","slug":"legendary-deep-purple-guitarist-ritchie-blackmore-suffers-massive-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12021","title":{"rendered":"Legendary DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore Suffers Massive Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candice Night, the wife of legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, recently opened up in an interview with Dawn Osborne of TotalRock about her husband\u2019s health. The couple, married for 17 years, has been facing significant medical challenges, with Ritchie\u2019s heart health being a major concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the interview, Candice was asked about the potential for their band, Blackmore\u2019s Night, to tour Europe in the near future. She revealed that Ritchie has been advised against flying due to his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for traveling at the moment, Ritchie\u2019s cardiologist has advised him not to fly,\u201d Candice shared. \u201cHe had a heart attack about a year and a half ago and now has six stents in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candice also reflected on Ritchie\u2019s upcoming milestone birthday. \u201cI can\u2019t believe he\u2019ll be 80 on April 14th, it\u2019s hard to fathom. He doesn\u2019t look or act his age, but like everyone, medical issues eventually catch up with you. We\u2019ve got to prioritize his health and happiness,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ritchie\u2019s health has been further complicated by gout, arthritis, and ongoing back problems. \u201cIt\u2019s becoming more difficult for him. It\u2019s a challenge,\u201d Candice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these struggles, Candice remains optimistic, noting that she\u2019s seen people younger than Ritchie performing on stage despite facing similar or worse health conditions. \u201cI think Ritchie doesn\u2019t want people to see him in such a vulnerable state. From a fan\u2019s point of view, though, I think they\u2019d just be grateful to be in the same room as him, listening to whatever music he plays,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Image credit: Mick Hutson\/Redferns) SOURCE: www.metalwani.com Candice Night, the wife of legendary Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, recently opened up in an interview with Dawn Osborne of TotalRock about her husband\u2019s health. The couple, married for 17 years, has been facing significant medical challenges, with Ritchie\u2019s heart health being a major concern. During the interview,… Read More »Legendary DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore Suffers Massive Heart Attack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12023,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021\/revisions\/12023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}