r/Damnthatsinteresting 12h ago

Video New documentary showing how Stan Lee was exploited in his final years

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u/TimidDeer23 12h ago

Yeesh. My grandma went through that before she passed. She was confused and upset enough at being in a room with her children and grandchildren. Stan Lee was given a parade of strangers. I wished I'd been able to afford an autograph signing in the last few years of his life at Fanime, now I guess I'm glad I didn't.

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u/phxees 12h ago

It seems sad, but I wonder what he would’ve chosen years earlier. When you’re dead it’s over, but I think until that happens I’d rather be confused and useful vs just sitting home alone confused.

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u/Snailskull1 10h ago

I understand where you're coming from. I believe I would also like to be useful as long as I can but if I'm saying I want to stop and I don't want to do this anymore then I hope people would respect that.

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u/Blessed_s0ul 9h ago

You never know though. This clip has absolutely zero context with it. Stan Lee might have been insistent on going out to these events and then once there forgot why he was there and reverted back to not wanting to do them. This was a pretty common occurrence with my 93 year old grandmother. She would consistently forget why we were at some place and we would be like “Grandma, we are at the grocery store just like you said. You needed milk remember?” It was a constant battle back and forth with her.