Cassidy first admitted that he suffered from an alcohol problem in 2008. Diagnosed with liver disease in 2017, Cassidy's health began to rapidly decline. He passed away in November of that year due to liver and kidney failure. "You know, I did it to myself, man. I did it to myself to cover up the sadness and the emptiness," he said shortly before he died.
Danny Lloyd
Danny Lloyd is best known for his role as Danny Torrance in the 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. Kubrick was able to film all of the six-year-old boy's scenes without making Lloyd aware that he was in a horror movie; Lloyd believed he was acting in a drama film about a family who lived in a hotel. He retired from acting at the age of ten.
Lloyd went on to become an anatomy professor at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He had a brief cameo in 2019's The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep as a spectator at a baseball game. For the most part, Lloyd, who is married with four children, has managed to keep his personal life private.
Gaby Hoffman
Gaby Hoffmann began acting in commercials at the age of four to help support her family. In 1989, Hoffmann had her film debut alongside Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams. She was then cast in Uncle Buck with rising star Macaulay Culkin, whom she did not like. Upon hearing of his success, Hoffmann was driven to outperform him, earning roles in This is My Life and Sleepless in Seattle with Tom Hanks.
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