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Jeff Bridges’ Health Scares Made Him Realize ‘What’s Important in Life’: ‘It’s All a Gift’


Turning 75 has been 'meaningful' for Jeff Bridges after the actor suffered from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and COVID, a friend of the star exclusively tells Closer.

She’s gorgeous, and I can’t take my eyes off her,” remembers Jeff, who calls their meeting love at first sight, although they didn’t begin dating until a few years later. “The only way I could get married was to give myself a caveat: ‘Oh, you can always get a divorce,’” he recalled, noting that Susan finally called him out on his bad attitude and told him to make a choice. He’s also happy to have time to putter around the man cave he built in his garage, playing music, painting or just watching the birds in his fountain.

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