Editing Brian Blessed (section)

===Health===
Blessed suffered a [[nervous breakdown]] at age 18. He eventually recovered with the support of friends, family, and his speech teacher.<ref>{{cite news| title=The other Brian Blessed|website=Deskarati|url=https://deskarati.com/2011/08/16/the-other-brian-blessed/| date=16 August 2011|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Brian Blessed – My Yorkshire|url=http://my-yorkshire.co.uk/people/brian-blessed.html| access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>

On 19 January 2015, Blessed collapsed on stage during a performance of ''[[King Lear]]'' with the Guildford Shakespeare Company, in which his daughter Rosalind was also acting. He received medical attention from a doctor in the audience and returned to the stage to complete the play 20 minutes later.<ref name="BBC News 21 Jan 2015">{{cite news| title= Brian Blessed collapses on stage – but returns to finish show|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30912506| date=21 January 2015| work= BBC News | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> On 30 January 2015, it was announced that Blessed had been "compelled to withdraw" from the production on the advice of his heart specialist.<ref name="BBC News 30 January 2015">{{cite web | title= Brian Blessed pulls out of King Lear on doctor's orders |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31066689| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| date= 30 January 2015| website= BBC News | access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> He has been fitted with a [[pacemaker]].<ref name=picasso />