Johnny Vegas: 'I had no fear of death'
Channelling an 18-stone drunken loudmouth made him a national icon " but endangered his health, his reputation and his family. Michael Pennington tells Emine Saner how he escaped Johnny VegasIn a deserted room above a London pub, there's a man sitting opposite me who looks and sounds a bit like the person who has been known as Johnny Vegas for nearly 20 years. But Vegas " who projected a drunk persona, part joyf…