Bobby Sherman’s Health Takes Turn for the Worse Days After Announcing Cancer Diagnosis
Mere days after Bobby Sherman‘s wife, Brigitte Poublon, shared with fans that the former teen idol has Stage 4 cancer, she gave an interview to Fox News on the star’s ongoing health struggles. Sadly, in the April 2 interview, she confirmed that he is “terminally ill” and “at home with special care.” The 81-year-old was diagnosed with kidney cancer that has spread throughout his body. In just a few days time, she said, “He’s just sleeping more and his body’s not working anymore. It’s not. Everything’s shutting down.”
Sherman had a successful singing career in the 1960s and ’70s but left it all behind to become a paramedic and a deputy sheriff — though in recent decades, he periodically performed for his longtime fans, whose ongoing interest meant a lot to him. Sherman and his wife also focused on their organization called the Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children’s Foundation, which provides education and meals to children in Ghana. He formally retired last year.
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Poublon also confirmed that he wants to be left alone in peace, but does appreciate the outpouring of support from friends and fans. She added that he just wants to spend time with his family and five dogs in his final days.
She said to Fox News, “I think it’s important that Bobby realizes the impact he left on the world, the music he left behind, the TV series he left behind, but mostly, too, his love for caring about people, being a paramedic, a cop. I want to have him realize how many people he really influenced, how he touched lives.”
Poublon continued, “From reading all the fan mail, how people were desperate at age 7 or 8 through abuse and all kinds of background family issues, he got them through some hard times growing up, so I want Bobby to realize how much his fans mean to him.”
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August 2017
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