Many of us know “Hollywood” as a singer, dancer, entertainer, MC and show producer, but what many do not know is that a few years ago he almost died. He was performing in Orange County when suddenly he could not breathe so they rushed him to a hospital in Orange County. They diagnosed him with pneumonia, the next day he went into a coma for 45days. During this time he contracted MRSA in his body. This started his five months of intensive care. The situation was bleak.
Hollywood told me,” everyone gave up on him, except his family, a few close friends and God. Anyone that came to see him including medical staff had to be in gowns and masks because MRSA is highly contagious. MRSA eats your organs on the inside and your skin on the outside.
Doctors say if you get MRSA you are going to die it’s just a matter of when. They had to operate on his lungs and had to cut part of them out that was getting eaten by the MRSA. When he came to he had tubes everywhere and was in terrible pain, barely breathing and on large doses of Morphine to help with the pain.
He said every day the doctors told him and anyone within earshot he was going to die, and that all they could do was keep him comfortable until the time he was dead. He said he started on the top floor and they would keep moving him down to other floors and eventually he was on a floor that also contained the morgue and the only thing separating him from the dead bodies was a curtain. He said some of the nurses were like Angels, really nice but some were really mean to him and just gave him greater doses of medicine so they would not have to deal with him.
Hollywood has always had a strong inner belief and a connection with God his entire life. He knew that God had a plan he just did not know in the beginning if God’s plan was for him to die or not. So after two or three months in Intensive Care he had a long talk with God and said “God what is your plan for me, please give me some sort of sign”. He had by this time lost 65 lbs, could not stand, could not talk and was declining every day. Shortly after that one of his dear friends came to visit and said to him “Hollywood this is not your destiny, get out of the hospital because there are other plans for you !” Hollywood said he thought this was the message God wanted him to hear, so he started thinking alright then I have to get out of here, even though he was in terrible pain. He would not listen to the words from the medical staff that he was going to die, and just keep praying and knowing that he would get out.
Two months later amazingly, he got released but instead of sending him to a nursing home as he could not walk and could only whisper from those long months with a trachea down his throat, they sent him home. But he was so happy for the chance to leave the hospital as to him that was a very positive move. He lost every physical possession he owned. His parents rented a hospital bed put it in front of the TV in the living room and took him to recover in their home. The doctors said to him as he was leaving “it’s unbelievable that you survived as out of 100 people who get this, 99 die, and normally the one that lives is missing limbs. You are the Miracle Kid.” The good news is you survived. The bad news the doctor said to him was, “It will take two years for you to learn to walk and talk again,” Then said goodbye to Hollywood. He then left the Hospital in a wheelchair with his parents’ support.
Within a month he was hobbling with other people holding him up. His Father drove him to a friend’s house to lift his spirits, where many friends there were so happy to celebrate he had survived. Three months later he was on a plane to St Louis to attend a conference and still weak but rested during the day and was able to attend some of the conference events Within six to eight months he was able to resume his business, and started doing events but was still not able to take his equipment as he was still too weak to lift anything heavy but he could speak, and had not yet started to sing again.
Not only during this time did he have health challenges it also impacted his business, as prior to this Hollywood had a long career of traveling the world, performing with celebrities. He owned four limos, a limo bus and other things which he lost as he was unable to work and make payments all the time in the hospital, so they were all repossessed. He had to start over.
But with God after every storm comes a new day! Out of many unpleasant things good comes, and now he is back performing, and producing shows. He is in great demand as a speaker to share his story so that others can use what happened to him to manifest miracles in their own lives. Many now understand and know how powerful focusing on your desired outcome, and not your problem can be. Positive thinking and strong spiritual connection in God is life changing!
I totally remember all these events, as I was calling the hospital every day checking on him as Hollywood and I have had a long seventeen year friendship. I always tell him he is like my “second son” and also a wonderful friend. I showed up on a Yacht with a dear friend June, where he was performing 17 years ago and that is how we met. He also reminded me that in 2010 he sang for my 74th birthday and that was the first time he could sing since his illness. When I asked him to sing that day at my party with over 125 present, I did not know that was his first time singing, and it was wonderful to hear him perform again. Since then he has continued to perform and sing and his voice has returned to what it used to be only at a lower octave.
Today he focuses on wearing many hats, one as the main producer, singer, and performers for an events company that does corporate events, weddings and special events.
In fact he helped me put together for the last three years the events for the Menifee Valley Chamber Anniversary Party, and the last two years Strategies for Success Women’s Conference which were sold out and very successful. He also helped me with the last two Extravaganza Entertainment events for the GFWC Menifee/Sun City Women’s Club. He helped me produce and put together two National NAFE Conferences, one at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach in Orange County and the other at the Atrium Hotel in Newport Beach. One was a five-day event and the other was two days. Both were sold out and received rave reviews. He has such a talent for events that it’s always a pleasure to work with him. When he MCs an event, the audience loves him mostly because he constantly has an attitude of gratitude and he loves working with people.
You can also find him on a 14 million dollar yacht in Newport Beach coordinating and performing a variety of fantastic events that are done on these yachts. In fact it was a yacht like this that I met Hollywood many years ago.
Hollywood has always been in Marketing and loves giving back. He spent three years on the road with Tony Robbins, and two years touring the United States and Europe with 14 tons of equipment in a different town every three days. Hollywood loves helping people. Right now besides his entertainment bBusiness he is helping all sizes of businesses; large, small including entrepreneurs explode their business and continues to use the training he got with being with Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, and Zig Ziglar.
Hollywood loves his family He lost his father many years ago who also was in the entertainment business so is right there for his mom who is in her 80’s. Hollywood also has a son who is in the Junior Olympics as a swimmer and is being trained by an Olympic coach. His daughter is 11 and like her dad she loves to sing and dance.
While Hollywood has lived in Europe, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii and many more places, he has called Menifee home for 19 years. He told me he “loves the town and loves seeing its growth.” This location he says “is perfect, we can go to the desert, the mountains, to swim or ski, the beach, or enjoy the Hollywood highlights or easily get to any airport to travel the globe.” And, the people are fantastic!
To learn more about Hollywood, book an event with him or expand your business exponentially with the Free tools he has for you, call his cell @ 949-698-2975 or check out his website www.roberthollywood.com, and www.paid2save.com/hollywood.
Hollywood is also a member of the Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce and you can see him at most of the Chamber Mixers.
As Hollywood always says:” Remember you were designed for greatness, believe in God, believe in yourself, surround yourself with people who support your dreams, and become the person you were always meant to be. He invites you to Come Live With Passion!
So now you can see why he is also called the Robert Hollywood “The Miracle Man” and I am sure this is a story you did not know about this kind and considerate person who is there for everyone. And as Paul Harvey would say, “Now you know the rest of the story.”
