Arrr, me hearties! Jeff Bridges be tellin' of his tussle with the scurvy dog cancer, aye, a proper learning experience it be!
2024-04-30
Arr matey, Jeff Bridges be givin' a jolly good health report after tusslin' with the dreaded diseases o' cancer and COVID-19. The scallywag from "The Big Lebowski" be tellin' tales o' how close he came to Davy Jones' locker.
In a jolly 17th-century pirate tongue, Jeff Bridges shared his harrowing tale of battling cancer and COVID-19 that nearly sent him to Davy Jones' locker. The scallywag actor was diagnosed with lymphoma and also got hit with the dreaded COVID-19. But shiver me timbers, three years later, "The Big Lebowski" star be sailin' smooth seas post recovery.The old salt, at the ripe age of 74, shared that his brush with death was a bonny "learning experience" at the 49th Chaplin Award Gala at Lincoln Center. "Arrr, it's amazing how the noggin can forget all that stuff," Bridges chuckled. "I don’t dwell too much on the past."The sea dog announced his Non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in 2020, as the Dude would say, "New S--- has come to light." Blimey, he found the tumor while filming his TV series "The Old Man."After a round of scallywag treatments, Bridges caught the scurvy COVID-19. "I was close to meeting Davy Jones himself," the old sea dog confessed. But with a hearty "Yo ho ho," the actor emerged victorious, leaving him "pretty close to dying," according to People magazine. Avast ye, mateys, the tale of Jeff Bridges be a rollicking saga of triumph over adversity.