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Jack Nicholson's friends are airing concerns about the aging star's increasingly reclusive nature, a new report has revealed.
Insiders close to the 83-year-old Chinatown A-lister aired the speculations Thursday, nearly 15 months seen he was last seen in public.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the insiders revealed that in the time since, the actor has been holed up in his luxurious Mulholland Drive mansion in Los Angeles.
The tipsters offered the new insight on Nicholson's current condition on Wednesday, more than a year after he last appeared at an LA Lakers game in October 2021, with his 30-year-old son.
That appearance came more than a year after the fervent basketball fan's last Laker game in January 2020, and amid rampant reports regarding his deteriorating health.
Speaking to RadarOnline, the source confided that those close to the actor - whom has fathered six children by five women but married only once - are fearful he will die a recluse like his late friend, the legendary Marlon Brando.
The tipsters offered the new insight on Nicholson's current condition more than a year after he last appeared at an LA Lakers game in October 2021, with his 30-year-old lookalike son, Ray
the sourced confided that those close to the actor - whom has fathered six children by five women but married only once - are fearful he will die a recluse like his late friend and neighbor Marlon Brando. The pair are pictured on set for the 1976's The Missouri Breaks
'Jack's in touch with certain relatives - especially Ray, his protégé, who he's so proud of - but his socializing days are long gone,' the insider said, referring to the star's 30-year-old son with actress Rebecca Broussard.
Ray, the actor's youngest child, was seen sitting with his father during his last two Laker outings.
The sources went on to describe recent concerning behavior from Nicholson that has worried them in recent days, likening the once legendary lothario's reclusiveness to the sad last days of Brando, a once-desirable leading man who ballooned in weight after taking up residence in Tahiti in the decades before his death in 2004 ate age 80.
'Brando died a virtual recluse after leading such a colorful life, and Jack's friends are drawing the comparisons,' the source said, citing the similarities in the leading men's respective situations.
'His kids will visit, but they're his only connection to the world,' the insider added. 'It's like he doesn't want to face reality anymore - and that's just sad.'
In the 1970s, Brando and Nicholson had earned reputations as hell-raisers and impassioned womanizers, with both living on Mulholland Drive along with fellow lothario Warren Beatty.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the insiders revealed that in the time since, the actor has been holed up in his Mulholland Drive mansion, which he has owned since the 70s. The street was renamed 'Bad Boy Drive' in honor of lotharios Nicholson, Brando, and Warren Beatty, who all lived there before Brando relocated to Tahiti
The street has since been renamed 'Bad Boy Drive' in honor of their widely reported escapades - with Nicholson reportedly running an an open house out of the home bought with the proceeds from the drug-fueled, generation-defining movie Easy Rider.
In a 2009 article, Nicholson’s unique approach to housewarming was revealed, with
