Dick York, who played Darrin Stephens in 'Bewitched,' died in 1992 at age 63. The cause of death was complications from emphysema. He's featured in a new documentary by Daniel Henares.
Dick York skyrocketed to fame as Darrin Stephens in 'Bewitched,' but in the years after the popular sitcom aired, he found himself 'financially and physically destitute.' The actor, still recognized as the husband of a nose-twitching witch, died in 1992 at age 63. For the show's 60th anniversary, a new independent documentary by Daniel Henares explores the sitcom's legacy, and why York ultimately gave up the role he loved, People magazine reported.
The outlet reported that York didn’t seek medical attention and instead, he worked through the pain for years. The discs in his spine slowly crumbled and eventually became hunched. He also shrunk 'from more than 6-foot-1 to 5-foot-10 or so.' By the time 'Bewitched' premiered in 1964, York was addicted to painkillers. According to the outlet, he took heavy doses of sleeping pills, cortisone and other medicines – anything to alleviate the crippling pain he couldn’t escape from.
He didn’t want them to lose their jobs. He didn’t want the show to end, so he just gave in and left. However, he did tell me that if he had that summer of 1969 . . . to fully recover, he that he would have been able to finish the show.' York later admitted it was 'the worst day of my life.' 'Knowing the good person that he was, he felt, of course, devastated that he had to leave the series and that he would be out of work,' said Pilato.
It was just a joyful memory for him,' Pilato recalled. 'It was, ‘There’s David!’ Or, ‘There’s Aggie!’ There was so much love. There was no bitterness in him at all. The only thing he wanted to make clear was that he always felt that Darrin was too harsh on Samantha. . . . He saw ‘The Witch’ as a love story. ' didn’t want Samantha to do the magic not because he didn’t want her to not be who she was, to take away her heritage. He just wanted her all to himself.
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