I was not familiar with him, but I got a lump in my throat when I saw the headline. So young to have such a cruel disease
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He was fantastic on the show euphoria. I had no clue he wasn’t doing well. I am not too knowledgeable when it comes to ALS but it sounds like as horrible of a disease as it gets. Sad news.
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Jesse Jackson, aged 84. Feb 17/2026.
Appears he passed away peacefully. However, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2017.
In 2025 he was diagnosed with PSP - progressive supranuclear palsy.
Both Jesse and as @Beth mentioned above about Eric Dane, are 2 celebrities this week who died of motor neuron diseases. If anyone has any input about these diseases please share - tests, supplements, Rx, or whatever else.
I was watching a Charlie Sheen interview recently, and it that made me recall what you said.
Starting around 5:18 of the video:
“…then there was a guy working on the set, I don’t know if he was Clint’s (Eastwood) trainer specifically but he was there in some capacity, some health capacity, and then he was like “hey, I can get steroids if you want those too”. And I’m like sure, and so I’m doing anavar and that kind of stuff…”
This might have been Durk that Charlie was referring to.
Here is another video of Durk and Sandy in 1991. They both look more muscular than they were in the 80’s.
The movie that Charlie mentioned working with Clint (The Rookie) was made in 1990.
The timeline kinda of fits in my opinion.
Would have been awesome to hear Durk and Sandy’s thoughts on various hormones, steroids, or anything else they enjoyed but never wrote about.
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I think these are accelerated aging of neurons
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Mel Brooks also served in WWII and survived the battle of the bulge where there were many casualties.
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