An alcohol addiction expert has told RadarOnline.com: David Hasselhoff will be dead unless he can control his addiction to drink.

And, sadly, it looks like that chilling prediction could come true as the Baywatch and Knight Rider star's boozing continues to spiral out of control.

Hasselhoff is currently in a rehab unit at the Capio Nightngale Hospital in London after he punched Dr. Paul Ettinger following a marathon booze bender at the St Martin's Lane Hotel.

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