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Beloved “Days of our Lives” Actor James Reynolds Says He’s Been Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, But It will Be Worked Into Show

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James Reynolds has played Abe Carver of “Days of our Lives” for 45 years. He is a beloved member of the cast and the longest running Black actor on TV.

But Reynolds is human and he’s 80 years old. He just told ET that he has Parkinson’s Disease.

Unlike the old days when Procter & Gamble kicked “Guiding Light” actor Michael Zaslow to the curb when got ALS, Peacock and Sony will incorporate Reynolds’ condition into the show. That’s a huge bit of news.

He says in the interview below he realized the Parkinson’s symptoms after he saw Alan Alda on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

I know so many people taking Cinemet aka carbidopa levidopa, and it works with a lot of rest and good nutrition. Michael J. Fox has been the trailblazer. I wish Mr. Reynolds all the best!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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