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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeOJ Simpson invoked Donald Trump after reports suggested he was in hospice care after undergoing chemotherapy for prostate cancer.“Hey X world, hospice? Hospice? You talking about hospice?” the former American football running back – who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his wife and her friend – said in a video posted to X on Friday (9 February).“No, I’m not in any hospice. I don’t…

February 1, 20244min readToo many hospice providers in the U.S. are run by private equity and for-profit corporations. A lack of regulation allows them to provide abysmal end-of-life careBy The Editors Everyone deserves a good death—a choice about how they spend their final days, a peaceful, pain-free exit. That is the mission of hospice care. But as corporate profiteers take over end-of-life care in the U.S., the system is failing many people in their moment of greatest need. Policymakers must better regulate this vital…

Hollywood veteran actor Mike Nussbaum died due to natural causes at the age of 99 on Saturday, December 23. The Men in Black star was just a week short of turning 100. His daughter Karen confirmed the news of his death to Chicago Tribune, attributing it to old age. She also revealed that Nussbaum had been receiving care in a hospice over the past year. According to TMZ, his daughter was right by his side at the time of his said. The outlet adds that Karen said, “It was his time.” Mike Nussbaum has died at the age…

Andrew Lloyd Webber has provided an update on his son’s condition after announcing he was “critically ill” from an 18-month-long battle with gastric cancer. On Thursday, Webber posted on his Instagram that his eldest son, Nick, had been checked into hospice care after being diagnosed with pneumonia as a result of his illness. “I want to thank you for the outpouring of messages of support for my son, Nick. He’s now been moved into a hospice and he’s battling away,” he said in the clip. “I think…

Former U.S. President Carter has been placed in hospice care, deciding to avoid additional “medical intervention,” the Carter Center announced Saturday.The 98-year-old former president made his decision following a series of hospital visits, according to the Carter Center, a nonprofit group set up to carry out charitable activities supported by the former president and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. “After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at…