To the delight of the public, Willax broadcasts the complete episodes of “Bewitched”the iconic television series starring Elizabeth Montgomery Y Dick Yorkthe remembered interpreters of Samantha Y darrin stephens, respectively. Although thousands of fans have happy memories of the program, the reality behind the scenes hid tragedies and painful deaths for years.
In case you did not know, York was born on September 4, 1928. That is, this 2022 would be 94 years old; however, a terrible disease ended his life 32 years ago. In the following lines, we will make a brief tour of what caused his death and how he lived his last days.
the beginning of the end
Dick York participated in “They came to Sanity” before starring “Bewitched.” During the filming of the 1959 western, he suffered a spectacular accident, which left him with intense back pain. When he was chosen to give life to darrinhis discomfort had not disappeared, they even became accentuated.
The beginning of the end came for the fifth season of “Bewitched” (as it was titled in English). The artist had an aneurysm, for which he was rushed to the hospital. Determined that he took the time to recover, York opted to leave the show.
Before long, he had not only become a victim of constant pain, but also developed an addiction to painkillers. That was not all, because he began to gain weight, lose several teeth and went into hopeless bankruptcy.
The tragic outcome for a star
For 1989, LA Times decided to interview him, not knowing that they would be facing the last years of life of the eternal Darrin Stephens. They found him bedridden, trying to survive on a $650 monthly salary from the Screen Actors Guild and slowly being consumed by emphysema, a lung condition that plagued him for some time.
“I feel great… it’s just my body that is dying”, shared in dialogue with the aforementioned medium. But it was only a matter of a few years before sad news rocked Hollywood. Dick York passed away on February 20, 1992, at the age of 63.
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