He had another stroke.

This permanent A+ list mostly movie actor with multiple Oscar wins/nominations and host of many tragic nights at his home, had another stroke.

He is not expected to live much longer.

Jack Nicholson (85)

This Is Why You Never Hear From Jack Nicholson Anymore

In 2013, Radar Online reported that Nicholson was retiring. “Jack has—without fanfare—retired,” a source told the tabloid. “There is a simple reason behind his decision—it’s memory loss. Quite frankly, at 76, Jack has memory issues and can no longer remember the lines being asked of him.”

He denied that he was having health problems.

After the rumor started to circulate, a source close to Nicholson told NBC News that it was “100% false” and that he was “actively reading scripts” and “looking forward to his next project” (via Digital Spy).

Nicholson also spoke out himself in an interview with The Sun (via The Sydney Morning Herald). “I have a mathematician’s brain,” he said, but added, “I’m not going to work until the day I die, that’s not why I started this. I mean, I’m not driven. I was driven—but I’m not, I don’t have to be out there any more.” He continued, “The movie business is the greatest business but I only want to do films that move people, films about emotions and people. I had the most chilling thought that maybe people in their twenties and thirties don’t actually want to be moved anymore. They may want just to see more bombs, more explosions, because that is what they have grown up with. And I’ll never do that type of movie.”

Peter Fonda, who starred in Easy Rider with Nicholson, spoke out about the actor possibly retiring in 2017. “I think he is ­basically retired. I don’t want to speak for him, but he has done a lot of work and he has done very well as a person financially,” Fonda said at a BAFTA event as reported by The Sun (via Page Six). “Sometimes ­people have a reason that you don’t know, and it’s not for me to ask,” Fonda continued. “I don’t call him up and say, ‘Johnny,’ I call him Johnny Hop, ‘What are you doing?’ I would say, ‘How are you, how do you feel?'”

In addition to the big screen, another place Nicholson has been frequently spotted over the years is court-side at Los Angeles Lakers games. And, in October 2021, he made his return to watch his favorite team after nearly two years. As reported by People, Nicholson returned and was joined by his 29-year-old son, Ray Nicholson. Before that, the last time he was seen at a game was in January 2020 prior the COVID-19 pandemic. – Source