Bruce Campbell, star of the Evil Dead franchise, is a convention staple. However, he announced today that he is cancelling all upcoming cons for the foreseeable future.
He wrote on social media, “Hi folks, these days, when someone is having a health issue, it’s referred to as an ‘opportunity,’ so let’s go with that – I’m having one of those. It’s also called a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable.’ I apologize if that’s a shock – it was to me too.
“The good news is, I’m not gonna go into any more detail. I’m posting this, because professionally, a few things will have to change – appearances and cons and work in general need to take back seat to treatment.”
He is taking the summer off in the hope that he will be able to promote his film Ernie & Emma in the fall.
The Burn Notice star said that he came forward so that false information about his health will not get out there. But he is still expecting to have his rumors of health to leak to the press.
Hopefully, his privacy will be respected. It is a shame that celebrities, like James Van Der Beek and Eric Dane, felt they had to come out to the press with their health diagnosis before they were ready, in fear that they were going to be outed. We should learn to respect people’s privacy because they are people first before being a celebrity.
Back to Campbell. Hopefully, he will get his cancer under control and back to doing cons soon for himself and his army of fans.
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