FEARS FOR PHIL

Drumming days over for crippled Collins as body crumbles

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MUSIC icon Phil Collins is recovering following an SOS knee operation, as insiders say friends fear the legendary singer's body is rapidly crumbling following years of a health-wrecking lifestyle and a doctor predicts he'll end up in a wheelchair.

Sources say his knee surgery is just the latest medical misfortune to wallop the 74-year-old rocker.

"He's suffered a series of setbacks, from diabetes to nerve damage and spinal surgery and drop foot," spills an insider.

"Now he can barely walk and is unable to do basic things.

Drumming is no longer an option thanks to his limited mobility. He needs a wheelchair or a cane at the very least to get around.