Remember the Allstate Mayhem Commercials?

I liked him on the show Oz. Sucks that he is in so much pain

Loved him on Oz and 30 Rock.

I read about his health issues awhile back, and how Tina Fey helped him by getting him back on the show, and staging the scene so he wouldn't have to stand.

he was the first penis displayed on OZ.

Wow I miss that show. It was grossed me out as a youngen but the dick display was awesome.

(and presentation of hole by Chris Meloni!)

So sad. He was one of my favs on Oz

Well, that's awful news. Hot guy.

Pepperidge Farm remembers...

Jokes aside, best of luck to him.

Yes, best to him. Always liked him. And thought he was hot.

Poor guy.

He wasn’t the first penis on Oz. He may not have even had to show his and if he did there was long build-up.

He was hilarious on 30 Rock. I am so sorry to hear this about him.

"Hey, dummy."

His brother was pretty hot too. He was a semi-regular at restaurant bar in the West Village that I also went to frequently, and he was gigantic. Good-looking, in a Nordic warrior kind of way. And he was definitely basking in his 15 minutes of fame at the bar during the height of Oz.

r9 I've heard him discuss how he was the first person to do it on the show and how it made his mother cry.

His brother never displayed anything oddly.

Poor guy

His mother cried because he showed dong?

It says he went septic due to an illness he had as a kid.

What could that be that came back so many years later?

What did he have amputated?

Nvm, I could have read beyond the headline like a non-laxy person.

[quote]What did he have amputated?

If only the very short article had been presented as a link . Oh, wait...

Yes, yes r19, I already copped to it in r18.

Guess you didn't read ahead in the thread before rushing to type your response!

If only you had done so...

Very sad. Wish him well. He had a face with a view.

The mayhem commercials were so odd to me... .I never got why the human that kept getting blown up, cut, injured... followed "people" around (dropped on their cars, riding on their bumper etc.) I never understood the pitch, the logic. Part of it was that he was supposed be a threat, a villain, but he had such charisma...

sorry r17 and r18 - I posted just as you mea culpa'd.

meth mrsa

I’d eat his ass.

Didn’t they bring him back to SVU as Mariska’s love interest? What happened to his character?

He fell to pieces, r25.

A few toes and half a finger. Not saying it's not terrible, but he's not wearing peg legs, either.

After the infection and amputations, both Chris Meloni and Lee Tergesen managed to find him bit parts in order to keep him working, earn some money and keep his SAG-AFTRA benefits.

That's sweet that they liked him enough to pull strings for him. Plus he's a good actor, although he does have a specific "slimy character" type.

He says his head was swelling. What causes the head to swell?

which one?

[quote] What did he have amputated?

Fingers, penis, toes, testicle

So what childhood illness came back to take his toes? That article was as repetitive as it was useless. The Sun is there!

[quote]Chris Meloni and Lee Tergesen managed to find him bit parts

Given the amputations, is it wrong to find this funny...?

I wish they specified the childhood illness. I'm very curious. Maybe rheumatic fever, which can damage heart valves?

Otherwise I'm inclined to think it's from IV drug use.

The nerve damage can really be worse than needing a prosthetic. It's also difficult to walk without toes.

I wish him well.

Met he and his girlfriend at the time at an Empire State Pride Agenda fundraiser about 10 years ago. They couldn't have been more gracious and kind. WIshing him all the best.

Man, I love Dean Winters. He's been good in so much stuff. I had no idea about this. My mom just had an infection that spread from a seemingly improving sore on her foot and she had to basically had to jhave part of her foot cut out. Granted she's 75 and has diabetes, but still - it sucks. I hope he gets to a better place.

He was also Carrie's fuck buddy

his brother scott I vaguely recall from high school, we good looking then

Carrie who?

Winters could also have been an untreated diabetic. Amputations are not unusual if the illness isn't managed properly. Strange that they didn't name the illness, but he still has some right to privacy despite going public with most of the story.

You're totally late, OP. The story about his constant pain is new, but it's been known for years that he'd had some amputations and a skin graft. If you look closely at his hands, you can see the missing finger. The bacterial infection occurred in 2009. He actually died for a couple of minutes in the ambulance ride across Central Park, but fortunately they were able to revive him. He and his brother Scott William are both super hot. Scott William still acts here and there and has become a born again Christian.

Dean and Scott's brother Brad (on the right in this photo) was a writer on Oz.

He plunked down $3.5 mill for a Tribeca loft a few years ago, so he's good.

What did he have amputated?

Don’t ask, don’t tell!!

Yeah R23, I think so too. He was a hardcore drug user for a long time. I saw him at Earth and other Junior events high as a fucking kite in the early aughts and the gossip was he never really stopped that lifestyle until he was forced to. When I heard “bacterial infection” and gangrene and the media was so weird about it, I immediately guessed he’d moved to slamming or intravenous use. It seems he’s gotten clean, though he’s paid for it with tremendous pain.

This topic was brought up a while ago on DL, and other people confirmed that he was a drug user as well.

^ He was super cool, btw, and always had a passel of gorgeous ladies with him, not to mention Lee Tergesen tagging along while making out with multiple guys on the dance floor.

r46, sorry to hear that

I want to hear more about Lee Tergesen making out with multiple guys on the dance floor.

Oh he lost two toes...Fuck him

Wait, Lee Tergeson is gay? I never heard that before. Seriously.