EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: An Officer And A Gentleman Star Lisa Blount Lived In Excruciating Pain, Says Mom
May 28 2018, Updated 10:18 a.m. ET
An Officer And A Gentleman actress Lisa Blount suffered for many years from a painful disease and a rare blood disorder her mother, Louise Blount, told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.
“She’d had it for a long time and that was one reason she moved back here Arkansas from Los Angeles, because of her health,” Louise told Breaking Celebrity News.
“She’d had some surgeries and it was really, really excruciating pain... I’ve seen her in such pain.”
According to her mother, Lisa suffered from a blood disorder called Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) – where low levels of platelets reduce blood-clotting and lead to excessive bruising and bleeding.
“She was limited to what she could take because she had a rare blood disease…she wouldn’t take aspirin because it would bring the blood to the surface of the skin,” Louise explained.
“I think that might have been part of the problem when she passed away because when I found her she had a purple look on her neck that looked like blood on the surface.”
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Louise found her dau