Actor Luke Perry hospitalized for "massive" stroke [EDIT: RIP]

[snowthx]

Wow. Sad to hear.

I am in the same cohort as he. Sorta scary.

[Guinastasia]

I was obsessed with 90210 when I was in 8th grade. I remember us gushing over it in school with my friends. (“OMG, did you watch last night?!?! OMG, can you BELIVE IT!!! OMG!!!”)

Did he have a history of health issues, or was this something sudden?

[Hermione]

@WOOKINPANUB

Yes, as sad as it is, I’d rather see a 52 year old rest in peace than struggle the rest of his life with the aftermath of a massive stroke.

Having spent almost ten years by now helping to look after my mother, who had a massive stroke caused by atrial fibrillation (and her primary physician’s mismanagement of her care), I have to agree here.

I was wondering the same thing as Guinastasia…was it the end result of some underlying condition like a-fib?

[Hermione]

Double post–lousy board issues.

[Loach]

@TheCuse

I’m glad you’re okay!!!

Thank you. And back at you.

[Superdude]

@Guinastasia

I was obsessed with 90210 when I was in 8th grade. I remember us gushing over it in school with my friends. (“OMG, did you watch last night?!?! OMG, can you BELIVE IT!!! OMG!!!”)

Did he have a history of health issues, or was this something sudden?

If so, there’s no mention of it in his wiki entry. It mentions precancerous tumors found during a 2015 colonoscopy, but that’s it.

[Machine_Elf]

@Mahaloth

I mean, man, he looked totally healthy. I guess there are no predictive signals for a stroke like this? Nuts.

His father died of a heart attack at age 35; this would suggest that there might have been some sort of genetic risk factor (e.g. familial hpercholesterolemia) involved.

[WOOKINPANUB]

@Superdude

If so, there’s no mention of it in his wiki entry. It mentions precancerous tumors found during a 2015 colonoscopy, but that’s it.

This morning’s news piece on it mentioned a cancer scare / incident that reportedly caused him to make dietary and lifestyle changes, and it ended with a clip of him speaking about it and saying he had children and wanted to be around for them for a long time

[Annie-Xmas]

He played the leader of a wacky religious cult on Criminal Minds. Damn fine performance.

It’s always sad when a young person (younger than me, always) dies.

[JpnDude]

@Annie-Xmas

He played the leader of a wacky religious cult on Criminal Minds. Damn fine performance.

It’s always sad when a young person (younger than me, always) dies.

As well as the criminal pastor in OZ.

RIP, Luke.

[nightshadea]

he also played a rapist who had a child with a woman he raped and years later married her on law and order suv

[CaptMurdock]

Wow. Too young. His role on Riverdale seemed like a nice fit for him.

I will admit to watching 90210 back in the day as a guilty pleasure. High school kids, none of whom plagued by poor self-esteem, weight issues or even a bad case of acne? Too funny. Once they graduated it wasn’t any fun so I dropped it.

RIP, Mr. Perry.

[bump]

I remember he kicked a surprising amount of ass on Celebrity Jeopardy back in the early 1990s. I was surprised at the time- I thought he was just a pretty-boy actor.

[Annie-Xmas]

Posted on Talkin’ Broadway’s All That Chat message board:

I saw a very early performance in his run as Brad (certainly his first week, but maybe even his second or third). Right before Frank solicits Brad and Janet’s opinion of Rocky, the audience often yells, “Ask Ken and Barbie!” This evening, someone called out, “Ask Dylan and Brenda!” The audience went wild. Several performers onstage started to crack up–but not Perry or the unflappable Tom Hewitt. Instead, without taking his eyes off of his scene partner, Perry extended an arm in the direction of the audience member, flipped him the bird, and continued with the scene. It was the perfect Rocky Horror reaction and he forever endeared himself to everyone in the theater that night.

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