Kevin DiCiccio, the person who owned Buddy — star of the favored “Air Bud” motion pictures — and helped create the movie sequence is in dire straits … he is homeless, about to be kicked out of the shelter the place he is staying.
TMZ spoke to DiCiccio Saturday … who tells us he is staying at a shelter down in San Diego, however his 90-day restrict is coming to an finish quickly — and, he has no concept the place he’ll go from right here. It is the tip of the road … and, he is terrified.
Kevin — who discovered future canine actor Buddy close to his Yosemite cabin and took him in again within the day — explains his subsequent step appears to be residing on the road … difficult by the key well being situation with which he’s dealing.
The way in which Kevin tells it … regardless of serving to to create “Air Bud” — he is credited on 11 of the movies because the character’s creator — he by no means acquired a lot financial compensation for the massively common motion pictures underneath the Disney banner.
KD explains earnestly he went bankrupt and spiraled right into a interval of despair. He provides he used medical marijuana for a time — which he believes led to him growing continual obstructive pulmonary illness or COPD. Kevin denies ever utilizing some other medicine.
In response to the Mayo Clinic, COPD is an ongoing lung situation attributable to harm to the lungs. Swelling and irritation of the lungs restricts airflow, making it onerous to breathe.
After years of remedy, Kevin says he was in a position to handle his despair and even bought a job managing a property in 2020 … although the COVID-19 pandemic put him out of labor.
Kevin says his COPD forces him to make use of oxygen … and the one cause the shelter hasn’t already requested him to go away is as a result of he wants energy for his oxygen concentrator. However time is operating out.
However he cannot keep for much longer … and it is unclear how KD will be capable to use the concentrator with out electrical energy. Kevin’s mates have organized a GoFundMe for him … which has raised about $3k of its $200k aim on the time of this writing.
Kevin says he did not wish to ask for assist on this means … however, he is operating out of choices — and he is swallowing his satisfaction in hope “Air Bud” superfans will lend a serving to hand, or paw, to somebody who helped carry them pleasure all these years in the past.
