Bill Cosby is in good shape as he approaches 88.
The comedian, once coined “America’s Dad,” is turning another year older on Saturday, July 12, and as that date draws near, his friends are opening up about his health.
One insider close to the couple exclusively told The Post that while Cosby is “still completely blind, he’s overall healthy.”
“He has normal elderly issues,” the source shared, admitting “The Cosby Show” alum has experienced “some heart issues” in the past.
“He seems to be very healthy,” they stated, noting Cosby’s history of blockage in his carotid arteries. In 2019, his publicist, Andrew Wyatt, said the “Fat Albert” star underwent two “life-sustaining” surgeries to clear the blockage while serving his 10-year prison sentence for the 2004 drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand.
Cosby’s conviction was overturned in June 2021, and he was freed from prison hours later after serving two and a half years behind bars.
The Post is told the former stand-up relies on his wife, Camille Cosby, 81, to take care of him these days.
“He leans on her,” the source said, noting that most of his friends, like Sidney Poitier and Quincy Jones, are no longer here.
Poitier, the first Black best actor Oscar winner, died in January 2022 at 94. Jones, a titan in the music industry, passed away in November 2024 at 91.
“All of his friends that he would call and check on at least once a month or sometimes twice a month are gone,” the insider shared.
“He’s the last iconic figure left and still standing,” they said.
When it comes to his birthday celebrations, it will likely be a small affair.
While Cosby and his wife of 61 years used to host “extravagant” parties, sources tell The Post that their age, plus their financial situation from fighting his legal battles, make it difficult to go all out.
However, that doesn’t mean the funnyman isn’t enjoying his life.
Cosby’s “still cracking jokes,” a source shared. “He’s not doing comedy on the stage, but he’s doing comedy from the living room.”
The Post reached out to his rep for comment.
It’s been four years since the stand-up comic was released from SCI-Phoenix, a day Cosby will never forget.
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The former TV icon broke his silence on his conviction the same day Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned the ruling.
“I have never changed my stance nor my story,” Cosby wrote in a since-deleted tweet, which included a photo of him with his fist in the air. “I have always maintained my innocence.”
“Thank you to all my fans, supporters and friends who stood by me through this ordeal,” he continued. “Special thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for upholding the rule of law. #BillCosby.”
His accuser did not have the same reaction, stating she felt “disgusting” watching him walk free and celebrate the victory.
“Didn’t surprise me given the level of the arrogance and having no remorse. During the time he was incarcerated, absolutely zero remorse for what he did to me,” Constand told NBC News in September 2021. “He’s a sexually violent predator, who basically was let out of jail.”
In April 2018, Cosby was found guilty of drugging and molesting her at his home; however, that was overturned years later when Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court discovered the district attorney in 2005 had promised the sitcom star that he wouldn’t be criminally charged over the accusations.
Cosby ended up being charged by a different prosecutor who alleged they weren’t bound by that agreement.
The court didn’t see it that way and ruled the new district attorney was bound by that verbal agreement, resulting in Cosby’s overturned conviction.
Despite the outcome, Constand said she had no regrets about coming forward with her allegations.
“I have come way too far to go back to that place to wonder whether it’s all worth it or to have regrets. It was worth it,” she stated in 2021.
“It was worth it because I didn’t feel alone. I had a whole community, a whole army of women and other survivors, strangers, family, friends, who were right there with me.”
