{"id":9159,"date":"2026-01-27T17:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:23:42","slug":"blind-side-star-quinton-aaron-on-life-support-following-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=9159","title":{"rendered":"Blind Side star Quinton Aaron on life support following hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"newsner-a64fac734632a5efab7047937b0b62f2\" class=\"newsner-a64fac734632a5efab7047937b0b62f2 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<p><strong>Quinton Aaron, the towering actor best known for his role as Michael Oher in the 2009 hit <em>The Blind Side<\/em>, has been placed on life support. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to his wife, Aaron is fighting for his life after suffering a serious fall at his home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old actor Quinton Aaron is best known for portraying former NFL star Michael oher alongside Sandra Bullock in <em>The Blind Side<\/em>. When Aaron auditioned for the movie, he was balancing acting with a job as a security guard.<\/p>\n<p>After trying out for the role, he handed over his contact info and even offered to work as a security guard on set if he didn\u2019t get cast as Michael Oher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the success of <em>The Blind Side<\/em>, Aaron hasn\u2019t landed many major roles, with his most recent credit coming in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-latest-update\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The latest update<\/h2>\n<p>Now, troubling news has emerged about the actor\u2019s health. The 41-year-old actor collapsed at his home after losing feeling in his legs while climbing stairs, prompting Margarita to rush him to the hospital, TMZ reported on January 26.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors have since diagnosed him with a blood infection, though further testing is ongoing. While on life support, Quinton is reportedly partially breathing on his own, giving his family hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinton Aaron, the towering actor best known for his role as Michael Oher in the 2009 hit The Blind Side, has been placed on life support. According to his wife, Aaron is fighting for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9160,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9159\/revisions\/9160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}