- Actor Jake Abraham passes away.
- Battled prostate cancer.
- Remembered for film role.
Jake Abraham, a 56-year-old actor from Liverpool best known for his role in the film Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, has passed away.
The actor appeared in the Channel 4 series GBH in 1991, as well as the films Mean Machine and Formula 51.
Abraham was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year, and he reported receiving palliative care in July.
At the time, he implored individuals not to wait “too late” to test for early cancer symptoms.
“Don’t miss out! Grab your free shares of Webull UK today!”
Abraham was born in Liverpool’s Toxteth. He began acting at the Everyman Youth Theatre in the 1980s and spent four decades on stage and screen.
In Guy Ritchie’s 1998 British criminal film Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, he portrayed Dean.
In addition, he frequently appeared in productions at Liverpool’s Royal Court and starred in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime until January of this year.
Kevin Fearon, the executive director of the Royal Court Theatre, stated that he was scheduled to be in the cast this year and that “the show will be dedicated to him.”
Such a tragedy for us, his family, and the city, said Mr. Fearon.
Abraham told the Liverpool Echo in July that he had been feeling ill for some time but had waited “too long” to have his symptoms evaluated. His cancer had spread throughout his body.
Before he began receiving palliative care, the actor had been receiving radiotherapy.
In July, he stated, “I believe most men adopt the ‘oh, I’ll just do it’ approach. “Well, I’m palliative now, and there’s nothing they can do for me – I just have it and have to wait for the day to come.”
According to the NHS, a blood test known as the PSA test can help detect prostate cancer in men.
It can be performed at a general practitioner’s office and analyses the level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in the blood.
The NHS says there is no national prostate cancer screening plan in the UK because the PSA test is inaccurate.
