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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 06:04 PM Nov 2014

David Prowse has dementia

Some sad news from the Star Wars franchise;

Darth Vader actor David Prowse is absent from the latest Star Wars movie because he is battling dementia.The British star revealed he would have loved to reprise his role in the latest installment of the blockbuster sci-fi series but his health woes mean he is unable to remember lines.

Despite being medicated for the condition, Prowse fears his tablets are not working and he has not "improved at all".

The 79 year old tells Britain's Daily Mirror that fans quiz him about a return to the franchise but he insists Darth Vader is gone.

He says, "Now I would probably forget my lines. But it wouldn't have mattered what it was, I would have loved to have done something in it - even if it was just a cameo. Sometimes I can't remember things I did yesterday. That worries me more than not remembering something 20 years ago.


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David Prowse has dementia (Original Post) 47of74 Nov 2014 OP
Very sad indeed wyldwolf Feb 2015 #1
And he had a small but memorable role in A Clockwork Orange. Orrex Feb 2015 #2

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
1. Very sad indeed
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 06:17 AM
Feb 2015

David Prowse is also credited with bulking up a very skinny Chris Reeve for his Superman role.

Orrex

(64,211 posts)
2. And he had a small but memorable role in A Clockwork Orange.
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 07:47 AM
Feb 2015

I'm very sad to hear of his condition. Best wishes to him and his family!

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