I really hope the truth is that he abused them and they de-FOO’d him. Because the alternative — that he’s an old guy who’s homeless in NY and dead to his kids who hate him — is too heartbreaking for words. I prefer he be an obnoxious geriatric asshole than genuine victim of elder abuse.
I was waiting in line to pay for gas in California once, and there was an old lady in front of me in the line. She was basically telling her entire life story to the dude working at the gas station. She was dressed like a complete whore - picture Sandy Kane and you have the general idea.
She was telling the gas station cashier that she used to be in movies and TV shows and that she was working on getting back on the big screen.
If this had happened in Chicago or Phoenix, I'd assume she was full of shit. But there was something about her story that seemed kinda plausible.
If true, this was basically a former actress who was in her 60s or even 70s who was delusional enough to think she'd get back in the movies "any day now." She was clearly out of her mind and more than likely a homeless prostitute.
There's been a handful of legitimately famous people who admitted to living lives like this, such as Shelly Duvall from "The Shining", and I think it's probably more widespread than people realize. People have a habit of getting set in their ways, and if you spent your 20s doing TV shows, you might just spend the rest of your life trying to make that happen again. Just ask Corey Feldman.