The super common disease that keeps killing your favorite stars as Buffys Anthony Head dies at 72

Anthony Head — best known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso” — has died at the age of 72.“He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family,” the British actor’s daughters, Emily and Daisy Head, said in a statement on Friday.“We know how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues, and fans of the shows he was in,” the pair wrote.“He loved his job very much, and he always considered himself incredibly lucky, to have been able to work alongside such exceptionally talented people, in such wonderful productions, across a career that spanned several decades.”Head’s death is the latest in a string of recent celebrity losses linked to the lung infection, which sends more than 1 million Americans to the hospital each year.In October, Hollywood legend Diane Keaton succumbed to the illness, her health having taken a dramatic turn in the months leading up to her death at age 79.Kyle Busch, one of NASCAR’s most renowned drivers, had bacterial pneumonia for “days to weeks” before he developed sepsis, which ultimately led to his death at just 41.And last April, Hollywood film star Val Kilmer died at the age of 65 after a battle with the respiratory disease, with other underlying medical conditions contributing to his passing.The list goes on, with top entertainers joining the more than 40,000 people who die from pneumonia each year in the US.Here’s everything you need to know about the common illness.It’s a lung infection that causes the air sacs to swell and fill with fluid or pus, making it hard to breathe and easy to get dangerously sick.It’s a common condition, affecting about 25 out of every 10,000 adults in the US, with rates increasing significantly as people age.

That amounts to millions of cases annually.Pneumonia can be caused by several organisms, but the biggest culprits are viruses and bacteria, according to the American Lung Association.Viral pneumonia usually ...