joeg Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Look's like Terry Funk's health issues have continued to deteriorate. He posted a video the other day asking fans to stop sending fan mail and Dustin Rhodes just posted something today to pray for him.... not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Dustin followed up to say Funk’s hip had been bothering him and he was in a lot of pain. Hopefully that’s all it is, and it passes soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Mick Foley made a similar post saying that Terry's hip is causing him a lot of severe pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Don Muraco said on his podcast that Funk is suffering from dementia and has been moved to an assisted living facility. Terrible news if true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 That's really sad. I sent him a letter years ago and he signed some stuff for me and even scribbled a little drawing of Texas on the index cards I used to make the envelope more sturdy. He truly was an amazing talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 So fucking sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Tommy Dreamer tweeted that he talked to Terry Funk on the phone today and that Terry is not in bad health. He said direct quote from Terry. "I'm currently sitting in my assisted living place with my thumb up my ass whistling dixie but I don't remember the words!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenese Sarwieh Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Good to know his health is well and is having fun with the speculations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Oh hell, my straight-shooting Texan grandma hung on for over 10 years in assisted living. She didn't have 50 years of rassling on her, but she did raise four baby boomers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Yeah, considering his wife passed away it probably is good that someone his age with the miles his body has live in an assisted living facility. I was wary of my mom living by herself at that age and she wasn't doing moonsaults off balconies in her 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 assisted living isn't hospice Terry Funk is one of my all-time favorite Americans, forget rasslin. We should all be lining up to donate our blood and organs to this man, should he ever need them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Assisted living isn't even a nursing home, it's an apartment building with aides and a bunch more wheelchair traffic than most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 The current Observer has more details on Funk's condition. Physically, he's been in more or less constant pain ever since he defied doctor's orders to appear on a Tommy Dreamer show fresh off hernia surgery. Mentally, the good news is that he's in nowhere near as bad shape as Red Bastien and Nick Bockwinkel were at the end of their lives. However, he was interviewed for the Mick Foley A&E biography, and the fact that none of the footage was used is not a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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