The Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell revealed he has been diagnosed with a \u2018treatable\u2019 but not \u2018curable\u2019 type of cancer, forcing him to seek medical care and cancel forthcoming public appearances.<\/p>\n
While the horror icon did not specify the details of his diagnosis, he noted in a social media announcement, \u201cI\u2019m posting this, because professionally, a few things will have to change \u2014 appearances and cons and work in general need to take [a] back seat to treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n The actor said he hopes to get well by the summer in order to tour his comedy movie Ernie & Emma, which he wrote, directed and stars in, this fall.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are several cons this year summer [sic] that I have to cancel. Big regrets on my part. Treatment needs and professional obligations don\u2019t always go hand-in-hand,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Concluding, he said, \u201cThat\u2019s about it. I\u2019m not trying to enlist sympathy\u2014or advice\u2014I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will). Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you\u2019re the greatest fans in the world and I hope to see you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n Campbell is best known for originating the protagonist role of Ash Williams in Sam Raimi\u2019s 1981 cult classic, and for portraying the sole character to appear in each subsequent franchise entry of the quintessential indie horror film. In 2023\u2019s Evil Dead Rise, Campbell appeared in a voice role.<\/p>\n He most recently served as the executive producer<\/a> on sequel Evil Dead Burn, which wrapped filming in October of last year<\/a> and will be due out later this year.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell revealed he has been diagnosed with a \u2018treatable\u2019 but not \u2018curable\u2019 type…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[28850,18,117,139872,135437,169673,19,17,327,169672],"class_list":{"0":"post-365114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-bruce-campbell","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-evil-dead","12":"tag-evil-dead-rise","13":"tag-horror-icon","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-type-of-cancer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116163685982359626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}