Bruce Campbell has 'treatable' cancer, he says, but his con schedule will suffer

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Bruce Campbell, “The Evil Dead” actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified cancer.“[T]hese days, when someone is having a health issue, it’s referred to as an ‘opportunity,’ so let’s go with that — I’m having one of those.

It’s also called a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable.’ I apologize if that’s a shock — it was to me too,” the 67-year-old said Monday on social media.“The good news is, I’m not gonna go into any more detail.” Books Christina Applegate’s raw memoir, ‘You With the Sad Eyes,’ chronicles childhood trauma, sexual abuse and struggles with MS.What he did go into a little more detail about was his plan to accommodate treatment, which involves cutting out “appearances and cons and work in general” while he gets the care he needs.

Campbell said he has “big regrets” over canceling several con appearances over the summer but noted, “Treatment needs and professional obligations don’t always go hand-in-hand.”He said his plan is to get “as well as I possibly can” over the summer so he can promote his new movie “Ernie & Emma” this fall.The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.

Campbell’s place in the world of fandoms was cemented early on after he and buddy Sam Raimi partnered on the 1981 movie “The Evil Dead,” which saw Campbell playing Ashley “Ash” J.Williams and Raimi directing.

After teaming on two more movies in “The Evil Dead” universe, Campbell, Raimi and his brother Ivan Raimi delivered the TV series “Ash vs.Evil Dead,” which aired for three seasons on Starz, from 2015 into 2018.

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