Once an '80s Heartthrob, He Survived Brain Surgery & a Deadly Illness – His Story
Once an '80s Heartthrob, He Survived Brain Surgery & a Deadly Illness – His Story He once played some of cinema's most dangerous men, but no script could match what happened to him off-screen. At the height of his fame, one violent crash left him clinically dead, and a second diagnosis threatened to undo everything he'd fought to rebuild. Fame can vanish in an instant, but so can life. For one well-known star of the 1980s and early '90s, a sharp turn on a Los Angeles street nearly ended both. At the height of his career, this actor captivated audiences with his intense and gritty performances. But a devastating accident would push his body, mind, and spirit to the edge. Over the decades that followed, he endured not one but two life-threatening medical emergencies. Both nearly ended his life, but neither managed to take it. His story, still unfolding into his 80s, is one of survival, transformation, and the strange, sometimes surreal, wisdom that emerged alo...