Randy Travis delighted his fans when he made a rare public appearance on the set of “The Price Is Right” on Feb. 27.
The country legend appeared to be in good spirits and was accompanied by his wife, Mary Davis, who helped escort him around the set in his wheelchair.
After a highly successful career, the 64-year-old mostly stays out of the spotlight following a string of medical challenges. Here’s what to know about Randy Travis’ health in 2024.
2013: Randy Travis hospitalized for a heart condition
Following a viral upper respiratory infection, Travis found himself suffering from viral cardiomyopathy in July 2013. While the singer was at the hospital, Dr. Michael Mack detailed his condition, explaining that a viral illness became “a more chronic condition.”
Mack noted that Travis had a “family history of cardiomyopathy” and added that Travis was then diagnosed with “idiopathic cardiomyopathy,” a condition that was characterized by scarring on the singer’s heart muscle.
Per Mack, this caused his heart to weaken without the help of “either medical devices or medication.”
During his hospital stay, the musician had a device installed in a ventricle of his heart in an attempt to stabilize the muscle.
2013: Randy Travis suffers a stroke
Just three days after he was admitted to the hospital for heart issues, Travis suffered a near-fatal stroke and underwent surgery to help relieve pressure on his brain.
The stroke was a “complication of his congestive heart failure,” per the singer’s spokesperson.
At the time, doctors gave the singer a less than 1% chance of surviving.
In 2019, Travis’ wife Mary Davis opened up to TODAY about the difficult decisions she had to make in that moment — namely whether to take her husband off life support.
“Even in his state, his semi-coma state, he squeezed my hand,’’ she said.
“And he laid there, and I just, I saw this tear just fell. And it was, you know, one,…
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