Johnny Rotten is in mourning after announcing that his wife of nearly five decades has died. She was 80.
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new interview with the New York Times published Wednesday.“There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again and I was concerned in the short-term that I wasn’t going to be able to continue writing ‘Camelot,’” the playwright, screenwriter and director told the outlet. “Let me make this very, very clear, I’m fine.
I wouldn’t want anyone to think I can’t work. I’m fine.” According to The Times, Sorkin began bumping into walls and spilling his orange juice while walking to and from places like his kitchen and home office in November – two months before rehearsals were set to star.
Sorkin immediately called his doctor, who said his had blood pressure so high that he was “supposed to be dead.” The Times reports that Sorkin reportedly still can’t taste food, slurred his words for around a month after the event and “until recently” couldn’t sign his name. “Mostly it was a loud wake-up call,” the Oscar winner added.
“I thought I was one of those people who could eat whatever he wanted, smoke as much as he wanted, and it’s not going to affect me. Boy, was I wrong.”Sorkin, who had been a heavy smoker since high school, told the Times that the habit had been a part of his writing process “the way a pen was part of it.” But after the stroke, he has quit cold turkey, adjusted his diet and is working out twice a day, the Times noted.Though Sorkin did not initially want to go on record about the experience, he later came around to it in an effort to raise awareness.“If it’ll get one person to stop smoking, then it’ll be helpful,” he said.
.Johnny Rotten is in mourning after announcing that his wife of nearly five decades has died. She was 80.
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Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin revealed he was fighting for his life after battling a stroke. The 61-year-old producer spoke out about the severe health condition he suffered from before working on a major Broadway project in New York City. "[I’m] supposed to be dead," Sorkin told the New York Times. "There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again," he confessed. In November 2022, the "West Wing" creator worked on a rewritten version of the Broadway show "Camelot." However, after his near-fatal stroke, he admitted his speech was impacted, where he slurred his words and lost mobility in his hands. Sorkin noted that it was hard to write his name and he had difficulty typing. Sorkin decided to make some life changes and incorporated healthier habits into his daily life after his massive health scare.
The West Wing and Social Network creator Aaron Sorkin has revealed he thought “he was never going to be able to write again” after suffering a stroke.The award-winning screen and stage writer suffered a small stroke last autumn, but decided to keep the medical issue under wraps until recently. Speaking to the New York Times (as per Variety), Sorkin explained it was a “wake-up call”, but one which made him question if he even had a future left in the entertainment industry.“There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again,” said the Oscar-winning writer.
Aaron Sorkin revealed that he almost died last November after having a stroke.In a new interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, the writer shared more about his medical emergency.Sorkin explained that in November, he woke up in the middle of the night and noticed that he was “crashing into walls and corners” while walking to the kitchen.He didn’t pay much attention to it until the next morning when he kept spilling his glass of orange juice. The playwright called his doctor, who told him to come in immediately.His blood pressure was so high that his doctor told him, “You’re supposed to be dead.” It turns out that the film director had had a stroke.