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Tim Conway is battling dementia.
Kelly, 56, filed the documents in Los Angeles on Friday, claiming Conway’s wife Charlene is “planning to move him out of the excellent skilled nursing facility he is currently at” and place him in one that won’t give him access to “registered nurses at all times and his 24-hour caregiver and speech therapist (to help with swallowing).”
Kelly also states that Conway cannot “properly provide for his personal needs for physical health, food, and clothing” and is “almost entirely unresponsive.”
She hopes to be granted guardianship so she can also administer her father’s medications herself.
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Before making his mark in Hollywood, Conway surprisingly had no experience in the industry.
“I had no professional training. I had a sense of humor and had been in front of a microphone,” Conway said on an episode ofThe Interviews: An Oral History of Televisionin 2004.
He starred onMcHale’s Navy, co-starred on the 1970s comedyThe Carol Burnett Show,acted as the voice of Barnacle Boy onSpongebobSquarepants and even made aspecial appearanceon the second season of30 Rock, which hereceived an Emmy for.
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He also won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor forThe Carol Burnett Show, on which he was best known for characters including the Oldest Man and Mr. Tudball.
Before marrying Charlene in 1984, Conway was married to Mary Anne Dalton from 1961-78.
Together they shareseven children: sons Jaime, Tim Jr., Pat, Corey and Shawn and daughter Jackie and Kelly.
source: people.com
