Actor Sean Astin to speak at Methodist Mental Health Breakfast
Actor Sean Astin, long an advocate for mental health care, appeared in “The Goonies,” “Rudy,” “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “Stranger Things.” (Noah Riffe/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)
Astin’s career spans four decades and includes such iconic roles as Mikey Walsh in “The Goonies,” the title character in “Rudy,” Samwise Gamgee in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and Bob Newby in “Stranger Things.”
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Methodist Healthcare Foundation Zach Pretzer Mental health Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Sean AstinAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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