Bobby Sherman’s wife says his body is ‘shutting down’ amid terminal illness

Bobby Sherman’s wife is offered a sobering update on the former teen idol’s battle with stage 4 kidney cancer.

A week after revealing his diagnosis, Brigitte Poublon confirmed that her husband is “terminally ill” during a conversation with Fox News Digital. 

“He was doing crossword puzzles with me in the last few days. And then all of a sudden Saturday, he turned around and… he’s just sleeping more and his body’s not working anymore. It’s not,” said Poublon, Sherman’s wife of over a decade. “Everything’s shutting down.”

Sherman, 81, has long been retired from show business but continued to make occasional cameos and sign autographs over the past year. Poublon noted that the cancer has “spread everywhere,” adding that “now he can barely sign his name” and wants “to be left in peace” to spend time with his family and five dogs.

She continued, “His last words from the hospital last night were, ‘Brig, I just want to go home.'” He has since returned home, where he is receiving “special care.”

Poublon also expressed gratitude for Sherman’s fans, sharing that the outpouring of love in the wake of his diagnosis has “been overwhelming.”

The actor’s wife announced the news of his diagnosis in a March 25 Facebook post, writing, “It is with a heavy heart that we share Bobby has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. During this challenging time, we kindly ask for your understanding and respect for our privacy. Thank you so much for still remembering him. We really appreciate it.”

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Sherman made his television debut in episodes of Honey West and The Monkees before shooting to fame for his role as Jeremy Bolt in the 1968 western series Here Come the Brides. However, it was his music career that solidified Sherman as a teen idol throughout the late ’60s and early ’70s. He went on to release 10 albums and over 100 songs, including his hits “Little Woman,” “Easy Come, Easy Go,” “La La La,” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.”

A guest appearance on a 1974 episode of medical rescue drama Emergency! would eventually inspire Sherman to pursue a new career path in the 1990s, as a paramedic and medical training officer in his native Los Angeles.

He departed the entertainment business, becoming a technical reserve police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department and later, a deputy sheriff with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Sherman made his final onscreen appearance in a 1997 episode of Frasier and retired from his deputy sheriff position in 2010.

“I think it’s important that Bobby realizes the impact he left on the world,” his wife told the outlet. “The music he left behind, the TV series he left behind, but mostly, too, his love for caring about people, being a paramedic, a cop.”

She concluded, “I want to have him realize how many people he really influenced, how he touched lives.”