Tim Conway Recovers From Brain Surgery as Family Battle Over Comic’s Fate Rages on

Tim Conway’s second wife and daughter are dueling  in court over sole conservatorship over the actor, who is currently recovering from brain surgery and is also suffering from dementia. Kelly Conway, the daughter of the 84-year-old actor, revealed that a Los Angeles court has decided a permanent conservatorship will be appointed in November. The actor had signed a power-of-attorney and health care directives designating his wife, Charlene Conway, as his caregiver, according to Charlene herself.

The person making decisions for his care must be competent. There are others that surround him that have only their best interest at heart and not my dad’s. That’s why I want to be the one in charge of his care,” Kelly claims. She also says that she has been banned from her father’s hospital room.

A Los Angeles judge denied Kelly’s petition to be appointed as her father’s conservator, finding that her concerns about Charlene’s medical decisions regarding her father are moot for now, as he’s been hospitalized since September 3.  In court documents, Michael Harris, who was appointed to protect Conway’s interest during the ongoing feud between daughter and stepmother, also said the comedian is “unable to communicate” and is “suffering from fluid on the brain.”

See Stephanie Nolasco, ‘Carol Burnett’ Star Tim Conway Recovers From Brain Surgery as Family Battle Over Comic’s Fate Rages on, Fox, September 17, 2018.