“Jaws” Star Richard Dreyfuss hospitalised.

Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss dropped out of a fan event after being hospitalised with viral bronchitis. The 77-year-old provided an Instagram health update, via SharkCon, the expo he was supposed to speak at over the weekend.

“Hello, fellow cons……, I am very, very sorry to tell you that I’ve been diagnosed with viral … viral … What is it?” Dreyfuss said from his hospital bed, prompting his wife Svetlana Erokhin to finish the diagnosis. “I’ve been told by my doctors I cannot fly, and I would have to fly five hours to get to SharkCon. I’m terribly sorry because I had planned to be there and had been looking forward to it”, he added, saying he is in “a lot of pain”.

SharkCon took place at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida, when the all-time blockbuster (even considered to be one of the most horrifying Hollywood movie) a Stephen Spielberg’s iconic thriller based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name “JAWS” turns 50 this year.

Richard Dreyfuss had portrayed the character of Matt Hooper, a marine biologist, in the film “JAWS”, which had shot him to a worldwide fame. Dreyfuss had won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his role in The Goodbye Girl and was nominated for another Academy Award for Best Actor in 1995 for his role in Mr. Holland’s Opus.

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