Browns great Bernie Kosar reveals Parkinson's, liver disease diagnoses: 'I felt like death'

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Cleveland Browns great Bernie Kosar, who led the team to three AFC championship game appearances, says he has liver disease and was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s. 

Kosar, 60, was placed on a transplant list in late spring, a revelation he made in a recent interview with Cleveland Magazine. 

Cleveland Browns alum Bernie Kosar on the field prior to a game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns Dec. 23, 2018, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.  (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The former NFL quarterback explained he was diagnosed with cirrhosis 16 months ago, but he said he had a serious health scare at a Thursday Night Football game between the Browns and the New York Jets he attended last season.

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"My body gave out on me,’’ he told the outlet. "I really felt like I wasn’t going to make it home from the Jets game. I sucked it up, though, and continued to avoid the doctors until the new year. Then, I went into the hospital and got a massive blood transfusion. It was like, ‘How are you alive? How are you moving? Because your hemoglobin levels are so low.'"

Kosar said he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in February by an independent NFL doctor. 

Kosar’s doctors told Cleveland Magazine he will need a liver transplant eventually. 

Bernie Kosar of the Cleveland Browns drops back to pass against the Washington Redskins during a game Oct. 13, 1991, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Kosar played for the Browns from 1985-93.  (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

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