Stan Lee revealed that he is battling pneumonia at the age of 95.
The Marvel Comics legend recorded a video message and shared it with TMZ on Wednesday evening.
“Hi, heroes. This is Stan Lee. I haven’t been in touch with you lately. I have a little bout of pneumonia I’ve been fighting, but it seems to be getting better,” Lee said in the video.
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“But I want you all to know I’m thinking of you — of course, I always think of the fans — and I hope you’re all doing well, and I miss you all,” he said. “I miss your enthusiasm. I miss all the notes and the photos and the emails that I used to get, and I still get a lot of them.”
Lee continued, “I want you to know that I still love you all. I think that Marvel and Spidey and I have the best group of fans that any group in the world ever had, and I sure appreciate it. Let me know how you’re doing. I hope everything is going well for you, and I hope the next time we talk, I will be in even better shape. Maybe I’ll have some of this pneumonia knocked down and we can have some real fun over the internet.”
“Until then,” Lee concluded, “excelsior!”
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Lee was last spotted on the red carpet for the Jan. 29 premiere of Black Panther in Los Angeles.
On Jan. 31, Lee was taken to hospital. His agent released a statement a few days later, saying he would remain there “for a few days for some checkups as a safety precaution.”
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