Kevin DiCiccio, the person who owned Buddy — star of the favored “Air Bud” films — and helped create the movie collection 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 thought 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 dwelling on the road … difficult by the main well being situation with which he’s dealing.
The best way 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 well-liked films below the Disney banner.
KD explains earnestly he went bankrupt and spiraled right into a interval of melancholy. He provides he used medical marijuana for a time — which he believes led to him creating power obstructive pulmonary illness or COPD. Kevin denies ever utilizing another medication.
In line with the Mayo Clinic, COPD is an ongoing lung situation brought on by injury to the lungs. Swelling and irritation of the lungs restricts airflow, making it arduous to breathe.
After years of remedy, Kevin says he was capable of handle his melancholy and even obtained 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 have the ability 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 purpose on the time of this writing.
Kevin says he did not wish to ask for assist on this manner … however, he is operating out of choices — and he is swallowing his pleasure in hope “Air Bud” superfans will lend a serving to hand, or paw, to somebody who helped deliver them pleasure all these years in the past.
