Filmmaker: ‘Star Trek’ Actor Anton Yelchin Kept Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis a Secret

Filmmaker: ‘Star Trek’ Actor Anton Yelchin Kept Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis a Secret
Anton Yelchin attends the Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of "The Driftless Area" in New York in April 2015. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Anton Yelchin, the young “Star Trek” actor who died in a freak accident in 2016, apparently kept his cystic fibrosis diagnosis a secret.

“The first thing that surprised me was his chronic illness, which he was secretly dealing with throughout his career,” documentary filmmaker Garret Price told Fox News on Aug. 28. “And that in itself was totally admirable. No one knew about it. Even some of his closest friends didn’t know about it until he passed away… And the relationship he had with his parents was so important for me to get across.”
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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