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Engelbert Humperdinck discussed his time at Leicester's Groby Road Hospital Sanatorium in 1961 when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis after coughing up blood during a concert. He described painful treatments and recalled tying up a nurse who hurt him repeatedly with injections as revenge, though the doctor ignored it. After six months, Humperdinck recovered and continued his music career, becoming famous in 1967 with "Release Me."

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Engelbert Humperdinck, a 90-year-old British singer, recently revealed on his podcast "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show" that during his stay at Leicester's Groby Road Hospital Sanatorium in 1961, he tied up a nurse out of anger and frustration over painful treatments. Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Humperdinck described enduring eight weeks of lying flat without moving and receiving daily injections. He said one nurse was particularly rough, causing him to scream and develop bruising, leading him to retaliate by tying her up when he felt well enough to act "mischievously." The incident occurred after the nurse continued hurting him despite his requests for a different caregiver. Humperdinck's comments about his time in the sanatorium were made on October 17, 2026, during a podcast episode discussing past hardships and treatments endured due to his illness.

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Engelbert Humperdinck opened up about the time he spent in a sanatorium in 1961. asserted

he → open → 1961

During a recent episode of his podcast, "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show," the 90-year-old British singer recalled his time at Leicester's Groby Road Hospital Sanatorium, after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. asserted

he → recall → tuberculosis

When speaking about the treatments he endured, he described having "to stay on your back for I don't know 8 weeks," without attempting to sit up or "do anything strenuous," in addition to getting "an injection with a needle about this big in your butt" every morning. asserted

I → speak → butt

"There was one lady nurse who was, I don't think she liked me very much because of the injection that she gave me, she really hurt, and I used to scream at her and I used to ask for somebody else. asserted

I → be → somebody

They wouldn't give me anybody else, but this lady was very bad, and she was really hurt, and I had big blue marks asserted

I → give → marks

," he explained. asserted

he → explain → ?

After she continued to hurt him with every injection, Humperdinck thought to himself, "When I'm a little better I'm going to do something" and be a bit "mischievous" to get back at her. " asserted

I → continue → her

I said to my friend in the next bed, I said, 'I've got to get some rope. asserted

I → say → rope

I get some rope,'" he said. asserted

he → get → rope

"So we got this rope, and when the nurse came around in the morning before doctor's rounds, I got the nurse, grabbed her, tied her hands behind the back, put her in the empty bed next to us, covered her up. asserted

I → get → her

He said when the doctor came by for his rounds, "he knew that I was responsible for that..but he ignored it" and "just walked straight by." asserted

he → say → it

Once she was free from the bindings, the singer said he "was in trouble," but that he "never let her give me another injection." "I said, 'I don't want her to give me,'" he said. asserted

he → say → me

"And they had a male nurse come and do it for me, and it was much better." asserted

it → have → me

Humperdinck spent six months in the sanatorium after he started coughing up blood during a concert in Manchester. asserted

he → spend → Manchester

After initially receiving a diagnosis of "a bad throat infection," his mom told the doctor 'I'm not happy with that. asserted

I → receive → that

Not when I see blood,' and demanded an X-ray. asserted

I → see → ray

He explained that within an hour of getting the X-ray he was told to pack his belongings as he had tuberculosis and needed to be sent to the sanatorium. asserted

he → explain → sanatorium

"Eight weeks later, when I became negative from this disease, my mother visited and, I said, 'Mom, is this place a great place?' asserted

place → become → disease

I said, 'Cause you remember when you brought me in, the priest was here spent an hour with me,'" he said. asserted

he → say → me

"She said, 'Son he was giving you the last rites.' asserted

he → say → rites

Apparently I had three days." asserted

I → have → days

Humperdinck, born Arnold George Dorsey, had his big break in the music industry in 1967 with the release of his song, "Release Me," which reached No. 1 in the U.K. According to his official biography, Humperdinck has sold more than 140 million records worldwide throughout his career, received four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe for entertainer of the year and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. uncertain

Humperdinck → bear → Fame

Engelbert Humperdinck says he tied up a nurse during tuberculosis sanatorium stay after painful treatment

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