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In a candid video posted on social media, comedian Richard Lewis reveals he has Parkinson’s disease and will no longer perform the stand-up comedy shows that have been the cornerstone of his career for 50 years.
Watch the video below.
Lewis says in the video that he wrapped his performance two weeks ago on this season’s Curb Your Enthusiasm starring his old pal Larry David, and adds that he will continue to write and act when he can. But continued questions from fans and friends about whether he’ll tour again prompted the social media declaration.
“The last three and a half years, I’ve had sort of a rocky time and people said, ‘I haven’t heard from you, are you still touring?'”, Lewis sys. “Here’s really what happened. Three and half years ago I was in the middle of a tour and I finally ended it with a show and I said, ‘You know I’m at the top of my game, after 50 years almost I’m going to call it quits.’
“And I felt great about that, and then out of the blue the shit the fan. I had four surgeries back to back to back to back,” Lewis says, explaining he had operations on his back, shoulder, a shoulder replacement and a hip replacement in quick succession. “It was bad luck, but that’s life.”
Then, Lewis says, he noticed that he was walking “a little stiffly” and shuffling his feet. “I went to a neurologist and they gave me a brain scan and I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and that was about two years ago,” he says. “But luckily I got it late in life and they say you progress very slowly if at all and I’m on the right meds so I’m cool.”
“I just wanted to let you know that’s where it’s been at,” he says at the end of the video. “I’m finished with stand-up, I’m just focusing on writing and acting. I have
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Richard Lewis, a comedy legend best known to audiences for his role on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," just announced he is done with his stand-up career. On Monday, Lewis shared the news on his social media that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and after other health complications, he revealed his decision.
Comedian Richard Lewis announced that he has retired from stand-up amid getting diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and several other health issues.
star confirmed the end of his stand-up career in a new video shared to Twitter on Sunday.«The last three and a half years, I’ve had sort of a rocky time and people said, ‘Gee, I haven’t heard from you' and 'Are you still touring?'” he acknowledged. “Here’s really what happened.
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Richard Lewis is a comedy legend, but after a devastating medical diagnosis, he has made the decision to give up his stand-up career. In a new video he shared to Twitter, the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star, 75, revealed several health problems that have plagued him in the past few years, culminating in a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Comedian Richard Lewis shared that the last few years of his life have been rather difficult.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Richard Lewis is opening up about his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
declared the veteran actor-comic, 75, adding “I’m finished with standup. I’m just focusing on writing and acting“ from here on out.In the two-minute clip, posted Sunday, the native Brooklynite announced that he’d “just wrapped” filming on season 12 of Larry David’s iconic sitcom, adding that he was “so grateful to be part of that show.”That’s when the conversation took a somber turn.“But you know the last three and a half years I’ve had sort of a rocky time,” the “Leaving Las Vegas” actor lamented.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Stand-up comedian and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Richard Lewis revealed in a video posted to Twitter that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The comedian said he’s had “sort of a rocky time” over the past three years with his health. In addition to Parkinson’s disease, Lewis had several surgeries on his shoulder, back and hip. For these reasons, Lewis is strictly focusing on “writing and acting” these days and is no longer performing stand-up. “Hey listen, I just wrapped a couple of weeks ago season 12 of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and it was just an amazing season and I’m so grateful to be a part of that show,” Lewis said. “But you know the last three and a half years, I’ve had sort of a rocky time and people said, ‘I haven’t heard from you, are you still touring?'”
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “Parkinson’s disease (PD) is movement disorder of the nervous system that gets worse over time.