Jeremy Clarkson said 'I don’t have long' before being rushed to hospital for heart surgery

He made the admission months before going to hospital

Jeremy Clarkson once said that he fears he does not have long to live. The television presenter made the admission just months before his recent time in hospital.

The former Top Gear host was forced to under go the procedure to his heart after noticing a 'sudden deterioration' in his health. He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, via ambulance before a stent was fitted.

Writing in his Sunday Times column, Clarkson said: "It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way." But just months before his time in hospital, Clarkson feared he may not have long left to live.

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He told the Guardian : "I don’t have long. I’ve probably only got what, 70,000 hours left, maybe?" It's not the first time he has found himself in hospital, Express reports.

Clarkson previously revealed he quit smoking after contracting pneumonia on holiday in Spain. He also required hospitalisation for an abscess located on his back following a alcohol-free health retreat in Portugal.

Writing in his column in the Sunday Times, he talked about keeping up with his son Finlo Clarkson and taking inspiration from the first man to run the four-minute mile Roger Bannister. He said: "When I go with my son to Stamford Bridge, he pootles along at what people call 'walking pace' and to keep up I have to unleash my inner Bannister.

"Which means that for the first half of the match, I can’t concentrate on the football because I’m too busy coughing up my spleen and trying to get my breath back." Clarkson has also previously spoken about his fears about developing dementia and losing his ability to hear.

His dementia fears came following a health check-up when Clarkson was told that his hearing issues had 'doubled' his chances of developing dementia. Speaking to The Times, he said: "My brain is having to use a huge amount of computing power trying to fill in the bits of speech it hasn't been able to hear.

"Which is hard when it's simultaneously trying to remember where I put my spectacles."