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Aug 21, 2013 · When Lester became ill with cancer, his wife and his relatives decided to tell him he had hepatitis instead. “Cancer was a death sentence then,” Patinkin said.
Mandel Bruce Patinkin (/ p ə ˈ t ɪ ŋ k ɪ n / pə-TING-kin; born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer, known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film. As a critically acclaimed Broadway performer he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Actor: Homeland. Mandy Patinkin was born Mandel Bruce Patinkin in Chicago, Illinois, to Doris "Doralee" (Sinton), a homemaker and cookbook writer, and Lester Patinkin, who operated two scrap metal plants. He is of Russian Jewish and Latvian Jewish descent.
Aug 26, 2021 · He also opened up about how he used one of his most celebrated roles — the swordsman Inigo Montoya in “The Princess Bride” — to channel his grief over the loss of his father, Lester Patinkin, who died of pancreatic cancer when the performer was just 18.
Oct 12, 2023 · Patinkin went into pandemic-induced exile at his country home in upstate New York in 2020, as his Instagram and Twitter — I mean X — followers know. (More on that later.) But he was far from idle.
Aug 25, 2021 · In a Tik Tok video, actor Mandy Patinkin, 68, explained the fight scene in The Princess Bride was actually a tribute to his late father Lester, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. Patinkin himself is a prostate cancer survivor; he was diagnosed with the disease in 2004 and went through surgery for treatment.
Oct 13, 2020 · The pair embraced New York tourism to the fullest by visiting the Statue of Liberty, taking in a Broadway show, and traveling to Ellis Island. Just a few years later when Patinkin was 18, Lester passed away due to pancreatic cancer.
