Samuel Monroe Jr. — finest identified for his position within the ’90s traditional movie “Menace II Society” — is presently on life help in an L.A. hospital … and his household was simply given a disheartening replace.
Shawna Stewart, Samuel’s spouse, tells TMZ … along with battling meningitis, docs on Tuesday identified the 52-year-old with MRSA pneumonia — a extreme and fast-moving lung an infection.
Samuel has been placed on extra antibiotics … however Shawna tells us there may be not a lot else that may be achieved for the second, so far as remedy goes.
TMZ reported on Monday … the actor has been on life help for the previous 4 days — and the prognosis stays unclear.
Shawna informed us … round 18 months in the past, Samuel contracted meningitis whereas capturing a film in Vegas … and his situation was repeatedly misdiagnosed, so he obtained worse and worse.
The household created a GoFundMe as his substantial medical payments pile up … and so they hope followers will assist, irrespective of the quantity they will spare. Amongst those that have already donated is Large Boy.
The GoFundMe reads partially … “The funds raised will go directly toward covering his mounting medical bills and providing for his children during this incredibly difficult time. Every donation, no matter the size, will help ease the burden on Samuel’s family and ensure that Kingston and Brooklynn have the support they need while their father fights for his life.”
The 52-year-old actor has appeared in a slew of movies and TV exhibits, together with “Tales from the Hood,” “Set It Off,” “The Players Club,” “Out All Night” and “NYPD Blue.” Samuel additionally appeared in “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood,” the Wayans Brothers’ spoof of Nineteen Nineties L.A.-based crime dramas.
