{"id":23856,"date":"2025-08-19T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=23856"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:31:08","slug":"his-deep-love-passed-away-in-his-arms-just-like-in-the-movie-that-made-him-a-star-overcome-with-grief-and-battling-illness-the-former-heartthrob-struggled-to-walk-fighting-two-types-of-cancer-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=23856","title":{"rendered":"His deep love passed away in his arms, just like in the movie that made him a star. Overcome with grief and battling illness, the former heartthrob struggled to walk, fighting two types of cancer. 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