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Richard Lewis reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis: 'I'm finished with stand-up'
24.04.2023 - 15:47 / foxnews.com
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.
"Hey, it's Richard Lewis, how you doing?" he began his video message to his followers. "Just wrapped a couple weeks ago the season 12 finale of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and it was just an amazing season, and I'm so grateful to be a part of that show," he said.
"But you know, the last three and a half years I've had sort of a rocky time." "And people have said, ‘Gee, I haven’t heard from you, and are you still touring?' And here's really what happened." Lewis said that he was in the middle of a comedy tour three and a half years ago, and at a certain point, he thought to himself, "You know, I’m at the top of my game. After 50 years almost, I'm just gonna call it quits." He said he "felt great about it," but after he made that decision, "s--- hit the fan." "I had four surgeries," he explained, "back to back to back to back.
It was incredible, I couldn't believe it. I mean, it's bad luck, but it's life." He said he had surgery on his back, on his shoulder, another surgery on his shoulder, then a hip replacement.
Much of his time was spent focusing on physical therapy, but then he said, "Two years ago, I started walking a little stiffly, I was shuffling my feet, and I went to a neurologist and they gave me a brain scan and I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease." While it is definitely a scary diagnosis, Lewis' doctors think he is doing well. "Luckily I got it late in life," he said, "and they
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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?'”
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “Parkinson’s disease (PD) is movement disorder of the nervous system that gets worse over time.