On September 2, 2021, former NCIS star Pauley Perrette suffered from a massive stroke that nearly killed her.

During the 17 years in which she was on the acting scene, Perrette endured a lot, and recounts how grateful and blessed she is to still be alive.

Perette is no stranger to cheating death. She was hospitalized in 2014 after suffering from a severe allergic reaction to her NCIS character’s black hair dye and was attacked by an unhoused man outside of her home in Hollywood Hills in 2015. She is also a rape and domestic violence survivor.

In the past two years, Perrette has experienced so much heartache and hurt.

“Before my stroke, I lost so many beloved family and friends, and daddy, and then Cousin Wayne. Yet still a survivor after this traumatic life I’ve been given so far and still so grateful, still so full of faith, and Still Here,” Perrette...