The Last Acting Role of Terry Thomas

Kinja'd!!! "Berang" (berang)
07/29/2018 at 02:05 • Filed to: None

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Was a series of commercials for Ford. He was already too ill with Parkinson’s to do more than cameo appearances at this stage in his life, and you can see he is trembling even in these short shots.

For somebody who appeared in hundreds of comedy and horror films, he died practically penniless and in obscurity. Less than ten years after the commercial above was made, this was Terry:

Although there is no cure for Parkinson’s, strides have been made in treating the symptoms. And it’s honestly amazing to me that Micheal J. Fox, for example, will not end up like Terry did.


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Kinja'd!!! Svend > Berang
07/29/2018 at 02:59

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That was back in 1989. Thankfully, care, understanding and treatment have come quite a way but unfortunately, as you say, still no cure.


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07/29/2018 at 03:44

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poor bugger died a couple of weeks after that was shown.