![]() ![]() “But what if we haven’t beaten cancer, what if I’m not OK?” My mind had wandered to that dark place, too. Over dinner at our favourite restaurant on Thursday, a new tone came into Andy’s voice. The doctor took a biopsy early in the week and we had to wait until the Friday for the results. The tests showed that a lymph node in Andy’s abdomen was inflamed. We thought everything would be fine, but so much was riding on the results. So Andy had to have more blood tests and a scan. He had to be 100 per cent right for the insurance company to give the green light for the next production of Spartacus. Usually, if you’re in remission, you don’t go back for a check-up for three months, but Andy had to undergo medical tests before that. We savoured all of these moments – the precious day-to-day things like going out for a meal together or sneaking off on Andy’s motorbike – which under his contract he was not allowed to ride! This was what life was all about. ![]() Indi had just started to speak and they had lots of cuddle time. He’d pick her up from daycare and take her to the park for a push on the swing, or he’d lie on the floor and play with her. And he did a lot with our daughter, Indi, who was nearly three years old. He was feeling well enough to help out at our five-year-old son Jesse’s school, which he loved doing. He was back at the gym and excited about filming. Andy had renewed energy and excitement about getting back to work. ![]() He was the star of a Hollywood television series and hero to millions. The cream was Andy still had his TV role. After six months of battling advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma, we’d beaten it. I could see tears welling up in Andy’s eyes, which he kept wiping away with his big hands. " He will live on in the hearts of his family, friends, and fans.Congratulations, Andy, the scan is clear,” said Dr Doocey. " We were fortunate to have worked with Andy in Spartacus and came to know that the man who played a champion on-screen was also a champion in his own life," said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht (via The Hollywood Reporter). Whitfield passed away on September 11, 2011, much to the dismay of his former costars and colleagues. Spartacus: Vengeance aired the following year in January 2012. But the actor ended up giving his blessing for the series to continue without him, and it was announced in January 2011 that McIntyre would be taking on the lead role. DeKnight and the show's producers were unsure they should move forward without Whitfield. The fate of the gladiator franchise was up in the air as creator Steven S. " It’s with a deep sense of disappointment that I must step aside from such an exceptional project as Spartacus and all the wonderful people involved," Whitfield had said in the statement. Production for season 2 had been expected to start around that time in order to prepare for tentative airing in September 2011, but Whitfield was advised by his doctors to resume aggressive treatment for the cancer's recurrence. In September 2010, however, both Whitfield and the network announced that the cancer had returned (via Deadline) and that the actor wouldn't be returning to the show. ![]()
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