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hollywood icon Sally Kirkland has entered hospice care after living with dementia, after suffering two separate life-threatening infections and several major falls in the past year.
actor, 84, who earned a Best Actress nomination at the 1988 Oscars For her lead role in the indie drama AnnaHis representative, Michael Green, said he is in hospice care at a hospital in Palm Springs, California. tmz,
Independent Green has been contacted for comment.
Last November, friends of Kirkland launched a gofundme To raise money for her medical costs, which she said had accumulated due to the need for “extensive hospitalization and rehabilitation”.
,SAG-AFTRA cancels supplemental insurance in 2021 “For members over the age of 65, that serves as members’ Medigap coverage,” the GoFundMe page reads. “The chaotic and confusing transition to another Medigap policy was marked with significant challenges, leaving Sally facing extensive out-of-pocket costs that exceeded her savings and monthly pension income.”
It added: “As a result today, she finds herself facing a significant health crisis – which has not only affected her well-being, but also requires immediate and quality medical care that she can no longer afford.
“Last year Sally broke four bones in her neck, right wrist and left hip. During her recovery she contracted two separate life-threatening infections. The combination of these injuries and infections required extensive hospitalization and rehabilitation beyond the 100 days covered.”
In a new update shared on November 7, the GoFundMe organizer said Kirkland is now in hospice and “resting comfortably.”
He wrote, “Thank you for your love and support. Sally is grateful for your kindness and love.” “Please hold and send light to Sally.”
Kirkland is perhaps best known for his lead role in Yurek Bogeywicz Anna (1987), about a starry-eyed Czech immigrant who travels to New York City to meet his hero, Anna, once a famous actor in his homeland.
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Kirkland not only earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal, but also won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
He has acted in more than 250 films and TV shows in his 60-year career tease (1973), haunted (1991), and Bruce Almighty (2003), as well as the entire 65-episode broadcast of the 1994 drama series valley of the dolls,
She was also a former member of Andy Warhol’s The Factory and part of New York City’s 1960s avant-garde theatre.