Years of alcohol abuse brought rock icon Phil Collins to death’s door two years ago with loved ones rushing to his bedside “to say goodbye,” the legendary singer and drummer said in an interview published over the weekend. Watch NBC6 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HEREHis long-time manager summoned Collins’ family, fearing the rock icon was about to die. kind of thing,” Collins told The Times of London in an interview Saturday night. “I had five operations on my knee now,” Phil explained on the BBC’s “Eras” podcast in January. But I just feel like I’ve used up my air miles,” he said in a 2024 documentary “Phil Collins: Drummer First.”