Mike Newman, who became famous on 'Baywatch,' has had to deal with a stroke of fate. Unfortunately he has battling with his health for many years now, as he recently revealed.
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00:00 Mike Newman who became famous on Baywatch has had to deal with a stroke of fate.
00:05 The actor has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for 16 years.
00:11 He was diagnosed when he was 50 years old and has been living with the disease ever
00:15 since.
00:16 The diagnosis changed everything for the Baywatch stars and now reveals in an interview with
00:20 People Magazine.
00:24 Everything changes.
00:25 All those things that you thought you were going to do with your children and grandchildren,
00:28 the pictures we were going to take, all the plans I had stopped, he said.
00:34 For example, he and his wife Sarah planned to spend their retirement in Hawaii.
00:39 However due to circumstances, they decided to stay in Los Angeles.
00:44 I've been training for this.
00:46 Somebody that was 65 and not very athletic, if they got the news that they got Parkinson's,
00:49 it wouldn't turn out as well.
00:50 I got them all beat, I guess, if we could call it beat, he said.
00:56 The actor has today retired from the TV business and lives with his wife.
00:59 The couple has two children.