LOS ANGELES (AP/WSVN) — A publicist for “Riverdale” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Luke Perry says the actor has been hospitalized.
Publicist Arnold Robinson tells The Associated Press the 52-year-old actor is “currently under observation” at the hospital. According to TMZ, Perry suffered a “massive” stroke.
Perry’s condition remains unknown.
Paramedics responded to a 911 call at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles and took a patient to a hospital, the city’s fire department said. Public records list the address as Perry’s.
Born and raised in rural Fredericktown, Ohio, Perry was tapped for heartthrob status along with Jason Priestley on “Beverly Hills 90210,” which ran from 1990 to 2000.
Perry has had roles in a handful of films, including “The Fifth Element,” “8 Seconds” and “American Strays.” He appeared in HBO’s prison drama “Oz” and voiced cartoons like “The Incredible Hulk” and “Mortal Kombat.” In recent years he starred in the series “Ties That Bind” and “Body of Proof.”
Perry has played construction construction-company owner Fred Andrews, father of main character Archie Andrews, for three seasons on “Riverdale,” the CW series that gives a dark take on “Archie” comics, and has been slated for a fourth.
The CW declined comment on Perry.
Perry’s medical crisis coincidentally struck on the very same day FOX announced it will reboot “Beverly Hills, 90210” — the show on which he played Dylan McKay in the ’90s.
While his former costars — Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Priestly, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling and Gabrielle Carteris — will be on the revived series, Luke has not signed on to the project.
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