US EditionFormer MTV VJ unresponsive, ‘incompetent’ for 2 months after massive stroke: ‘Guys, I’m alive’
- Matt Pinfield, a 63-year-old former MTV VJ and SiriusXM host, suffered a massive stroke on January 6.
- The stroke left Pinfield unresponsive for two months and led to pneumonia, requiring him to be put on a ventilator.
- Following the stroke, Pinfield was released from the ICU and is currently recovering in a Los Angeles rehabilitation center.
- Due to the stroke, Jessica Pinfield, his daughter, filed for conservatorship to manage both his health and financial decisions, reportedly out of concern that his girlfriend might withdraw his money.
- Despite being deemed 'incompetent' in a TMZ report and initial low expectations from doctors regarding his ability to speak or walk again, Pinfield is now on his way to a full recovery.
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MTV VJ Matt Pinfield Confirms He's Recovering After Suffering Stroke
Former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield joyously announced that he is on the road to recovery after suffering a stroke in January. “Guys, I’m alive. I’m recovering and am going to come back swinging,” Pinfield, 63, told The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, March 14. The longtime 120 Minutes host confirmed initial reports that he was “unresponsive for two months” after falling into a coma on January 6. “Friends were thinking they were coming to see me for the l…
Former MTV host Matt Pinfield says he’s recovering from stroke
Matt Pinfield is recovering from a stroke and says he intends to “come back swinging,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The radio DJ and former MTV host told the trade magazine Thursday that he’d been released from intensive care after suffering the stroke in early January and that he was recovering in a Los Angeles rehab center. “I was unresponsive for two months,” Pinfield, 63, says in the Hollywood Reporter’s story. “Friends were thinking…
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Matt Pinfield, a former MTV VJ and ex-SiriusXM host, is on his way to a full recovery after a massive stroke, which left him unresponsive.
Radio host Matt Pinfield shares health update after stroke, coma: 'Guys, I'm alive'
The SoCal Sound host is currently recovering in a rehabilitation center in Los Angeles after being "unresponsive for two months."Amanda Edwards/Getty Matt PinfieldRadio and television personality Matt Pinfield is sharing a health update after surviving a stroke and coma earlier this year."Guys, I’m alive," Pinfield told The Hollywood Reporter. "I’m recovering and am going to come back swinging. I was unresponsive for two months. Friends were thi…
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