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    7 months ago

    really? he’s better known from his guest appearances on 30 Rock instead of being a main character in all of Oz? can’t read the article because it’s blocked.

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      Dude has had a hell of a life… Not paywalled:

      https://www.grunge.com/1713869/hidden-truth-allstate-mayhem-guy-actor/

      "Dean Winters woke up one morning in June 2009 running a fever, so he spent the day in bed. The next day, he still felt ill and noticed that his skin had turned a troubling shade of gray. And then his condition deteriorated further. “I went to my doctor’s office on Central Park West, where I collapsed. I was turning black, and my whole head was swelling up,” Winters recalled to Page Six. During an urgent ambulance trip to Lenox Hill Hospital, Winters technically died as his heart didn’t beat for more than two minutes. Revived by paramedics, Winters was placed into the intensive care unit, where he spent three weeks receiving treatment for his medical issues and their source: a severe bacterial infection.

      Winters was sent home to continue his recovery, but a month in, gangrene set in. Resuming hospitalization for another 95 days altogether, Winters endured as many as 17 surgeries, including procedures to amputate two toes and part of a thumb, skin grafts, and a reconstruction of his right hand using muscle taken from his forearm. The actor recovered, but he still copes with lasting effects from this period. “I haven’t taken a step since 2009 without being in pain,” he told Page Six. “I’ve got neuropathy on, you know, on a whole different level where I can’t feel my hands and my feet. But if I stepped on a pebble, it’s like I go through the roof.”"

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        7 months ago

        Am I right in thinking that’s rather expensive if you’re unfortunate enough to be in America?

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          Unless you have insurance, absolutely. Even WITH insurance, could be tricky.

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      7 months ago

      also, he was great in that stupid Hellraiser movie he was in, but I don’t remember if it was “good” or “ironic” great

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    7 months ago

    I just saw him in that Homicide episode mentioned in the article.

    Homicide shares a universe with Law & Order so now I’m wondering if he was the same character when he did SVU.