Phil Collins' brush with death left his children preparing for the unthinkable

Phil Collins' biggest heartbreak didn't happen onstage.

The music icon revealed the emotional goodbye he shared with his children in 2024 while facing life-threatening health struggles and alcoholism, unsure if he would make it home. Collins' manager called up the singer's five children — Lily, Joely, Simon, Nicolas and Matthew — while he lay unconscious in a Swiss hospital.

"Because there were some decisions to be made about ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’ kind of thing," he told The Sunday Times.