Reggie Bannister, finest recognized for enjoying heroic ice cream man Reggie within the Illusion franchise, is in house hospice care
Rating excessive on the checklist of the all-time best heroes within the horror style is the badass ice cream man Reggie, who took on The Tall Man and the forces of evil in all 5 of the Illusion movies. Reggie was named after the actor who performed him, Reggie Bannister – and a few unhappy information about our hero has made its means on-line this morning. Bannister affiliate Russell GreWolf Mauck, who lately labored with Reggie and his spouse Gigi Quick Elk Bannister on their fan fiction script-turned-novel Illusion SurVIval (which is accessible for buy on Amazon), has taken to social media to disclose that Reggie’s well being has taken a flip for the more severe and he’ll now be in house hospice care.
Mauck wrote, “My beloved Illusion Phamily and Phriends. Most of you recognize, beloved Reggie Bannister was identified with Dementia and Parkinson’s in June 2016. They have been in a position to stabilize it for these a few years. Final Wednesday, Feb 12, Reg collapsed. His situation had progressed to the subsequent stage. He’s nonetheless cognitive, in order that’s good, however his physique is failing. Reggie and Gigi had deliberate forward and made a sophisticated directive. Consequently, Reggie can be going house from the V.A. quickly, for house hospice care. There is no such thing as a prognosis or time-frame. It’s his want to be house and round household, of their little mountain cabin. He’s not struggling, and he’s completely satisfied to be going house. We have no idea the size of time that they may have collectively, however are completely satisfied to have the time left. Please understand how a lot Reggie and Gigi love their Phans, Phriends, and colleagues.“
Mauck added that followers are inspired to “send your Thoughts, Prayers, and Positive Energy their way,” and supplied a means for followers (or phans) to get involved with the Bannisters: “Feel free to send your cards and letters to them both. PO Box 4387, Crestline Ca 92325.” So, if in case you have some variety phrases to ship Reggie’s means whereas he’s in hospice care, please do.
Along with enjoying the heroic Reggie in Illusion, Illusion II, Illusion III: Lord of the Useless, Illusion: OblIVion, and Illusion: RaVager, Reggie Bannister has racked up greater than fifty display performing credit, together with roles within the likes of Jim, the World’s Biggest; Kenny & Firm, Survival Quest; Silent Night time, Lethal Night time 4: Initiation; The Demolitionist, Wishmaster, Bubba Ho-Tep, The Mangler Reborn, Cemetery Gates, Fallen Angels, The Rage, The Quiet Ones, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp, and Bonejangles. He deserved to have an excellent greater profession than all of that, however he did effectively over the a long time.
Reggie Bannister is a very cool man and made his Illusion character one in all my favourite characters in cinema historical past, so it’s very troubling to listen to that his well being is failing him. My coronary heart goes out to him and his family members, and I hope he’ll have many peaceable days at house forward of him.
