Tim Conway suffering from dementia

What a shame. I adore his work on McHales Navy more than his other work. Brilliant stuff from him.

 

Alzheimer's/dementia, eats away the mind,and just leaves the shell. Truely sad.

 

Without Tim Conway's golf instruction videos, I would NOT be the golfer I am today!

 

This is sad to hear. He brought so much laughter to the world. I loved his work on the “Carol Burnett Show” while he amused my kids with his voice-overs on “SpongeBob Squarepants.”

 

Do we know if anybody actually "suffers" from dementia? As far as we know, dementia might be blissful ignorance. I've been around several people who have had dementia, Alzheimer's and the like. Some very close to me, and while it might be unsettling for me, if my grandmother thought she was talking to my dead father, when she was really speaking to me, what's so bad about her speaking with my dad?

In other words, if Tim is not responsive, maybe he's just chillin' in his head and drifting along. No problems, just easy going the rest of the way. Like sleep. Or, maybe it is sleep.

So, perhaps it's us, the fully cognizant, who are suffering, because we think they are suffering, only because we fear that it will happen to us one day, too.

 

He is also known for playing Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob.

 

And don't forget Dorf Goes Fishing.

 

That was a tough read for me . I grew up watching him on TV and in movies. He helped me realizes that you don't have to be the one who is in the spotlight in order to shine brightly. He's comic genius and in my books he always will be.

 

I have a DVD set of the Dorf videos

 

https://www.amazon.com/Dorf-Super-Collection-Tim-Conway/dp/B002WBYDMG

 

He was also friend/partner of the great Ernie Anderson....

 

Tim Conway was a huge part of my childhood with the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway Show, McHale's Navy, etc. I had not seen or heard from him in quite some time then lo and behold a year or so ago, I heard him voicing one of the characters on the Zootopia movie! And the character was even designed to kind of look like him too. The minute the character started talking I knew right away it was him. It was like saying "Hello, Tim!" after many years of absence.

I take care of a family member with dementia and there does not seem to be any voiced pain or agony or anything like that, just a lot of verbal repetition, confusion, etc. There needs to be a lot of supervision though to prevent them from choking or wandering off.

 

I wonder if ME Tv (or is it Antenna TV) will pull that promo with him, in which he looks and sounds pretty sad.

 

Very sad to read this about Tim. He always seemed to be a good guy in addition to being insanely funny. I had an idea that there was something seriously wrong when he wasn't able to appear on "The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary", but I couldn't find any info on it. Carol only mentioned that he was "under the weather". Anyway, Tim has done many memorable characters that have brought me many a good laugh when I've needed it most: Mr. Tudball, Dorf, The Dentist, etc. In recent years, I've enjoyed his newly filmed Gorf Christmas short videos for ISpotSanta on Facebook. The one where Gorf is one of Santa's helpers trying to wrap a doll is classic Tim. Earlier this morning, I purchased the Nook version of his autobiography, "What's So Funny?" as I have heard it is a great read. However, the MOST IMPORTANT thing is that Tim is properly and lovingly cared-for. For a man who has given the world so much joy and happiness, Tim deserves the very best care possible.

 

So why is this being reported?

"Conway’s daughter Kelly has gone to court in an attempt to become her father’s conservator so she can make medical decisions for him, The Blast reports. In court papers, she said that Conway is “almost entirely unresponsive.”

Kelly Conway, 56, alleges that the comedian’s wife, Charlene, is attempting to have him moved from the skilled nursing facility where he has access to registered nurses at all times to another facility that has a lower level of care, The Blast said.

Kelly Conway said her father cannot “properly provide for his personal needs for physical health, food, and clothing,” according to People. She is seeking guardianship so she can administer her father’s medications."

Jebus, not again.......

 

This is a real downer! Tim Conway ranks right up there with Red Skelton, Robin Williams, and several other OUTSTANDING comedians, and he's never given a less-than-fabulous performance.

I hope that several posters who opined that dementia patients don't realize how far they've slipped and therefore don't suffer in the conventional sense are "right on," because Tim should have no memories other than knowing he was loved and revered......

 

This is very sad to hear. Tim Conway is a comedic genius. To those of use who grew up in the 1970s, watching Conway make Harvey Corman "lose it" during their sketches on Carol Burnett was a major part of our childhood. There is an outtake of an episode where Don Rickles was on, where Conway , as the old man says "She Stole My Powerhouse", and the whole cast goes into hysterics.

I hope that Tim is being cared for well. He brought A LOT of happiness into this world.

 

I first remember Tim from McHale's Navy, he would always make me laugh sad to hear of his dementia.

 

Very sad news.

My family used to watch McHale's Navy when it was on. I remember my dad laughing so hard that I thought he might hurt himself somehow. No doubt that his work on that show and Carol Burnett's show was classic comedy.

 

Very sad indeed. I grew up watching him (and Harvey!) on the tube with my dad, who loved him, so many great memories. As others have noted, I been a HUGE fan of his son on KFI AM (Los Angeles) for many years. What a hoot, and my kids love him too (Ding Dong!).

Dementia/Alzheimer is a bitch, my parents both succumbed. Thats all I got to say about that.......

 

I like how much of the sketch the other do their best not to look at Conway any more than they have to, so he wouldn't cause them to crack up.

 

that sucks, but such is life. : (

 

that's excellent Steve...nice to hear positive comments.

 

I always was amused how much they cracked up during each show...it added to the show IMO...