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Downfall of 80s heartthrob Jan-Michael Vincent
The tragic downfall of 80s heartthrob Jan-Michael Vincent: Recovering alcoholic admits he's lucky to be alive after his right leg was amputated TWICE
Heady days: Vincent earned $200,000 an episode as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the top rated 80s television series Airwolf alongside Ernest Borgine, Jean Bruce Scott and Alex Cord
- Jan-Michael Vincent earned $200,000 an episode filming hit TV series Airwolf in the mid-80s
- But the acting work dried up as he struggled with drug and alcohol issues
- A car accident in 1996 left him with broke three vertebrae in his neck and a permanently raspy voice
- In 2012 he contracted a leg infection and doctors were forced to amputate
- A further infection a month later forced them to remove even more of his right leg
- Retired actor also faces money problems and owes $70,000 in back taxes
Vincent, who nowadays walks with a prosthetic limb, earned rave reviews for his role in 1978 cult surfing movie Big Wednesday
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Once the highest paid actor on TV, Jan-Michael Vincent now lives out his days as a recovering alcoholic who almost died two years ago after an infection forced him to have his right leg amputated.
In the mid-80s, Vincent earned $200,000 an episode as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the top rated television series Airwolf.
Yet even while filming the TV show, Vincent had admitted to issues with drugs and alcohol and admits that he still struggles with alcoholism.
When the show ended in 1986, acting roles dried up for Vincent as his demons got the better of him.
He also suffered his fair share of bad luck including two serious car accidents.
In the first incident in 1996, Vincent broke three vertebrae in his neck and sustained a permanent injury to his vocal cords that left him with a permanently raspy voice.
The second crash happened in 2008, but worse was to follow in 2012 when he contracted a leg infection as a result of complications from peripheral artery disease.
‘An infection in my leg got steadily worse,’ he told The Enquirer. ‘I felt like I was beaten with a whip.’
Vincent’s third wife, Anna, admits that doctors told her he might not survive the infection and in the end they were left with no option but to amputate the lower half of his right leg.
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 Wow so sad what happen to him! 
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