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He-Man Designer Roger Sweet Enters Memory Care as Family Fundraiser Tops $30,000

His wife says Medicare does not cover a $10,200 monthly fee at the memory-care facility.

Overview

  • A GoFundMe organized by his wife, Marlene, is seeking $50,000 and has drawn roughly $30,000 to help pay for his care.
  • Marlene Sweet says the facility charges $10,200 per month and that their insurance, including Medicare, does not cover the cost.
  • According to the family’s account, Roger Sweet returned from a walk disoriented and bruised and was subsequently hospitalized.
  • The campaign states doctors found two brain bleeds and admitted him to the ICU before he was moved to a memory-care facility.
  • Sweet is widely credited with designing and naming He-Man while at Mattel, and the GoFundMe lists a $5,000 donation from the Mattel Foundation.