Overview
- Family says the actor is awake and fully alert, practicing writing and puzzles, and has regained feeling in his legs following a spinal stroke.
- Relatives report he is seeing approved visitors and has repeatedly stated he does not want to see Margarita.
- Family members told him Margarita is legally married to another man, a revelation they say left him disappointed.
- Margarita characterizes the relationship as a 'spiritual' marriage and says she holds no power of attorney and has made no medical decisions for him.
- He was hospitalized in late January after a fall, with doctors identifying a spinal stroke following a severe blood infection and a rare spinal cyst, and he at one point required life support.