{"id":48873,"date":"2023-10-26T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/erik-jensen-has-been-diagnosed-with-cancer\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:34:46","slug":"erik-jensen-has-been-diagnosed-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/26\/erik-jensen-has-been-diagnosed-with-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Jensen Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Erik Jensen, a veteran actor best known for roles in hit shows The Walking Dead and Mr. Robot, has been diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, writer and director\u2019s wife \u2014 fellow multi-hyphenate Jessica Blank \u2014 announced the awful news in a post on GoFundMe, stating how Jensen had \u201cmiraculously surviv[ed] a brain aneurysm just a year and a half ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, however?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" alt=\"Erik Jensen of The Walking Dead fame\" class=\"wp-image-486171 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md.webp 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-720x540.webp 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-480x360.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-320x240.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-335x251.webp 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-347x260.webp 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-520x390.webp 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98e31e0e5f3f4b35b9d5e7303e471125_md-640x480.webp 640w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erik Jensen is an actor best known for his role on The Walking Dead.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blank wrote the \u201ccancer has metastasized to his liver, but Erik is young and strong (cutting a film during chemo, working full-time as a director and writer throughout) and his doctors think they have a shot at shrinking the tumors enough to do two very major surgeries and get them all out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continues to GoFundMe write-up:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can make it through this. But Erik and his family are in for the fight of their lives, and they need your support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The family is hoping to raise $300,000 in total, further noting that following Jensen\u2019s aneurysm and cancer diagnosis, along the Hollywood strikes, his family is now \u201cin an extremely precarious financial position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hence, \u201cthey need a lot of help to make it through the next year, pay for treatment to fight his cancer, keep their home, and maintain some sort of stability for [13-year old daughter] Sadie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486173\" width=\"840\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM.png 924w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-768x744.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-735x712.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-335x324.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-347x336.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-520x504.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-640x620.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486173 lazyload\" width=\"840\" height=\"813\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM.png 924w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-768x744.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-735x712.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-335x324.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-347x336.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-520x504.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-10.29.35-AM-640x620.png 640w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (GoFundMe)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On The Walking Dead, Jensen portrayed Steven Edwards, a doctor working at the post-apocalyptic medical facility, Grady Memorial Hospital. <\/p>\n<p>As cited previously, he also worked on projects such as Mr. Robot, The Equalizer, Chicago P.D., and CSI.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Gimple, executive producer for The Walking Dead, posted a link to Jensen\u2019s donation page alongside a message on Twitter this week, writing: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of TWD\u2019s own could use a little help. Erik Jensen, who played Dr. Steven Edwards in S5 was just diagnosed with cancer, and it\u2019s a time of great uncertainty for him and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486175\" width=\"447\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy.jpg 447w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-311x335.jpg 311w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-322x347.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486175 lazyload\" width=\"447\" height=\"482\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy.jpg 447w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-311x335.jpg 311w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/10\/116dc4fcbecf4aadb770fc3833a670b7_md-copy-322x347.jpg 322w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erik Jensen is pictured here on The Walking Dead.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (AMC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement shared with USAToday by his publicist, Jensen said the following: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am resilient; I will continue working as an actor\/writer through this fight, and I plan to come out the other side of this stronger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have an enormous amount of gratitude for the friends and strangers who\u2019ve come together to support my family as we beat cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prayers up for Erik Jensen.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-erik-family-make-it-through-stage-4-cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his GoFundMe page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/10\/erik-jensen-the-walking-dead-star-diagnosed-with-stage-4-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erik Jensen, a veteran actor best known for roles in hit shows The Walking Dead and Mr. Robot, has been diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. The actor, writer and director\u2019s wife \u2014 fellow multi-hyphenate Jessica Blank \u2014 announced the awful news in a post on GoFundMe, stating how Jensen had \u201cmiraculously surviv[ed] a brain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}