Quinton Aaron, the towering actor who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the inspirational sports biopic The Blind Side, is ‘fighting for his life after suffering a serious fall at his home.
Aaron, who revealed his stunning 200-pound weight loss last year, has reportedly been hospitalized for his injury and is now battling a ‘severe blood infection,’ according to a GoFundMe set up to raise donations to cover his medical bills and his family’s expenses.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Oher to request comment, but hasn’t yet received a response.
The 41-year-old actor, who was described as being ‘critically ill,’ is best known for playing former NFL star Michael Oher in The Blind Side, whose high school and college football career was chronicled in Michael Lewis’s popular book of the same name.
Fans of Oher and the film about his remarkable success story were shocked in 2003, when he filed a lawsuit claiming that Leigh Ann and Sean Tuohy had not adopted him but had instead created a conservatorship that awarded their family millions from the success of The Blind Side film, even though Oher was allegedly paid nothing for the movie.
Aaron’s latest health crisis comes after he was rushed to a hospital in March 2025 as he coughed up blood and battled a fever.
Quinton Aaron, the towering actor who starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the inspirational sports biopic The Blind Side, is ‘fighting for his life after suffering a serious fall at his home
The 41-year-old actor, who was described as being ‘critically ill,’ is best known for playing former NFL star Michael Oher in The Blind Side. Bullock costarred as Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose family helped Oher as he struggled with homelessness as a teen; still from The Blind Side
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