Jan Michael Vincent: How sad!

lovely bones · May 7th, 2006, 03:01 PM

I used to have a crush on this guy - any of you remember him???

I guess drinking and drugging catch up. *sigh*

tiggle · May 7th, 2006, 03:14 PM

I've seen even more upsetting pictures of him sitting on a bench as a homeless drunk on the verge of Korakoff's
Bloody shame

Wonderwoman · May 7th, 2006, 03:15 PM

He does look bad. Poor man. I wonder how long his liver will last.

ediebrooks · May 7th, 2006, 05:26 PM

What happened?

Elvira · May 7th, 2006, 05:42 PM

My sister and I both had a crush on him when we were in our
early teens. How sad.

leigh · May 7th, 2006, 05:53 PM

Drinking, drugs, car accidents, marriage problems...you name it. I'm not sure about the details.

Sojiita · May 7th, 2006, 06:38 PM

Wasn't he actually homeless at one point and living in the streets of Long Beach, California..or something like that?

asha22 · May 11th, 2006, 12:31 PM

I remember having a huge crush on him in Airwolf.

UndercoverGator · May 11th, 2006, 05:12 PM

He was living in a shack somewhere in rural Mississippi a few years ago on the verge of liver failure a couple of years ago according to the tabloids and he looked way rougher than that photograph. I used to drool over him in my teens too. He was hot stuff. Shows what too much hard living can do to you.

According to the site http://www.weht.net/WEHT/Jan_Michael_Vincent.html - Where Are They Now they have information that dovetails with what the tabloids said.

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Where are they now?

He's had his problems with drugs and alcohol, he was involved in a car accident in 1996 "resulting in a broken neck" (whose, I do not know), pleaded not guilty to DWI for that accident a year later. Spent 60 days in jail in 2000 for violating probation by being drunk in public. Arrested July, 2000 for battering his fiancee.

The person who originally sent me this one said he was working as a security guard in Texas. Thanks to some due dilligence by readers Steve and Pam Albright, who went so far as to search a Texas database and found the security guard had his birthday March/3/1980 while our JMV seems to have been born July 15/1944. So that is officially considered debunked.

The last thing he appears in is a movie called Whiteboy, directed by Abel Ferrara in 2002, in it he plays a racist sheriff.

There is also an official JMV website which is currently inactive.

Update: Mar, 2004: Reader Libby Hess reported some time ago that he is now living in Redwood, Mississippi, where he was admitted to River Region Medical Center in late 2002 and was seen by locals in a wheelchair, accompanied by a woman companion who attracts attention because of her "strange wardrobe". The locals pretty well leave him alone and wish him well.

AgentOrange · May 12th, 2006, 12:49 PM

This is one of the most recent pics I've seen of JMV

to give you an idea of how low he's fallen, here's a pic of a man I interviewed for a recent article on the homeless. note the resemblance.

LynnieD · May 12th, 2006, 01:02 PM

^^WHOA!

Dudes a mess!

AgentOrange · May 12th, 2006, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LynnieD

^^WHOA!

Dudes a mess!

Jan Michael ain't in good shape, either.

asha22 · May 13th, 2006, 05:33 AM

This is all so sad. Here are some pics of happier times.

I hope Mr Tarantino remakes Airwolf and casts Jan in a role. On a more happier note i didnt realise that Ernest Borgnine was still alive!! In fact all the main cast are still with us so lets see a remake! After all they are remaking The A team.....Airwolf could be next.

tiggle · May 14th, 2006, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by AgentOrange

This is one of the most recent pics I've seen of JMV

That's the one I meant...
that is so sad!

HWBL · May 14th, 2006, 05:41 AM

There's several clearer pictures of him (of some court case) on Getty Images, but since we can't post those anymore, go there, type his name in the search box and be afraid, very afraid (and sad).