Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell reveals ‘treatable but not curable’ cancer diagnosis, but says ‘I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch’ and expects ‘to be around for a while’

Bruce Campbell, the actor behind Ash from Evil Dead and—most prominently in my heart—the tutorial narrator in the Spider-Man 2 videogame, revealed yesterday that he has been diagnosed with cancer.

In a post on X, Campbell wrote that he had “a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable’. I apologize if that’s a shock—it was to me, too.” As a result of his diagnosis, Campbell announced that he would, sadly, have to cancel several appearances at shows this year. “I’m posting this because, professionally, a few things will have to change—appearances and cons and work in general need to take [a] back seat to treatment.”