{"id":881550,"date":"2026-09-06T01:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T01:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/881550\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T01:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T01:22:12","slug":"evil-dead-star-bruce-campbell-68-says-he-has-five-years-to-live-after-health-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/881550\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell, 68, says he has \u2018five years to live\u2019 after health diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruce Campbell, the actor<\/a> known for his role in the Evil Dead franchise, has revealed doctors have given him a prognosis of five years \u201cgive or take\u201d amid his cancer battle. <\/p>\n

The 68-year-old, who played Ash Williams in the horror series, revealed the sad update on\u00a0The Adam Carolla Show<\/a> six months after he told the world his diagnosis. <\/p>\n

\"Actor<\/p>\n

Bruce Campbell has been given five years to live.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in a five-year prognosis,\u201d Campbell said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith the type of cancer that I have, which I don\u2019t want to get into, the current thing is a five-year deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the prognosis isn\u2019t going to stop him living life to the full. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fascinating thing that takes place because [cancer] messes with your head, too. I\u2019ve decided though, pretty specifically, to live with it, not die from it,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go down a massive rabbit hole. The cancer rabbit hole is enormous. You can go into focus groups of 10,000 guys who have exactly what you have. I won\u2019t touch it with a 10-foot pole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campbell is now focusing on his work, including promoting his new project Ernie & Emma.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I promote this movie, I have nothing. I\u2019m free and clear when I promote this movie,\u201d Campbell said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to make this decision of, \u2018Oh OK, but do I have to stop everything I\u2019m doing because of this?\u2019 Well no. So, it\u2019s a sort of whack-a-mole life, literally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCancer compromises s— inside your body. You don\u2019t die from cancer, you die from what cancer does to you. It does weird s— and then you address it and move on.<\/p>\n

\"Bruce<\/p>\n

Bruce Campbell has been given a five-year prognosis, but he\u2019s still going to live his life to the full. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Campbell shot to fame as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi\u2019s iconic 1981 horror hit The Evil Dead. He reprised his role for the series\u00a0Ash vs. Evil Dead,\u00a0which ran between 2015 and 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over his four-decade career, the actor expanded his fanbase with starring TV roles, including The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Xena: Warrior Princess, and as fan-favourite Sam Axe in Burn Notice.<\/p>\n

He is also famous for his frequent cameos across mainstream Hollywood, most notably appearing in all three of Raimi\u2019s original Spider-Man films.<\/p>\n

Bruce first shared news of his diagnosis in March 2026 on X, writing that it was a type of cancer that was \u201ctreatable, not curable.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI apologise if that\u2019s a shock \u2013 it was to me too,\u201d he wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cTreatment needs and professional obligations don\u2019t always go hand-in-hand. That\u2019s about it. I\u2019m not trying [to] enlist sympathy \u2013 or advice \u2013 I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch, and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you\u2019re the greatest fans in the world, and I hope to see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Campbell, the actor known for his role in the Evil Dead franchise, has revealed doctors have given…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-881550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}