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Does he have a disease that stops him from ageing?


Just wondering

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No. Just good genes.

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I recently saw him on GMA, looks darn good for a guy who is in his 60's. I agree, good genes, plus he probably avoided the wild lane entertainment wise. He mentioned in in his interview, he avoided substance abuse in his heyday due to parental guidance. He also is still married to wife#1. He obviously has a good head on his shoulders.

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he did a movie once where he aged rapidly. ironic.

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Idk how reliable it is, it is conjecture after all, but according to this pediatrician, he may have had "constitutional delay of growth and puberty:"

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Ralph-Macchio-look-so-much-taller-in-Cobra-Kai-than-he-does-in-The-Karate-Kid/answer/Frank-Butera-1?ch=10&share=4911c0e6&srid=zCHs

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Nah, Ralph just hasn't done perennial movie releases where you can compare and contrast his gradual ageing.

Alan Ruddick looked 20 years old for 30 years until he stared playing around his actual age, but even today he plays characters who are suppose to be in their 40s when he's already 63

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A lot of people look young for their age. I do, I ask people and they think I'm over ten years younger than I actually am.

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My wife is now 46 and looks young for her age. She gets proofed whenever she enters a bar. She once did one of those "Guess Your Age/Weight" games (Like most of the women there she refused the weight part). The guy guessed she was thirteen. When she said she was thirty-four he didn't believe her and made her pull out her ID to confirm she wasn't trying to con him.

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It looks like he's aging at a normal rate to me.

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You have a strange idea of "normal". He looks pretty great for 60.

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NO...HE LOOKS FAIRLY OLD.

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He doesn't look like he did in Karate Kid anymore, but if I just saw him on the street I wouldn't guess he was 60.

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