Louie Anderson hospitalized with blood cancer – Everett Post

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Comedian and Baskets Emmy winner Louis Anderson is in a Las Vegas hospital being treated for blood cancer. Rolling Stone reports that the 68-year-old has been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, a common and potentially curable version of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The legendary comedian, who has also starred in films such as Coming to America and numerous comedy specials, enjoyed a subsequent high point in his career in 2016 when he received an Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy for his role as Christine Baskets became , the mother too Zach Galifianakis‘ Dual roles as twin brothers in the FX comedy Baskets. He was nominated three more times for the role.

A spokesperson noted that Anderson was “comfortably resting” and said that while the cancer was potentially curable, it was “aggressive.”