This Is Us star Ron Sephass Jones is a 'walking miracle' following a double lung transplant in 2020

"You cats hugged me when I fought and wouldn't let me go," Jones said of his It's Us co-stars in an interview with Entertainment Weekly on his last day on set.

The 65-year-old actor, who plays the biological father of Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) in the shocking NBC drama, told Entertainment Weekly how he greeted the cast on his final day on set and fellow cast members and producers in an emotional setting. The time said, "You cat hugged me when I was fighting and wouldn't let me go. You were there during a challenging part of my life. I was a walking miracle."

The star of Law and Order: Organized Crime told the New York Times in 2021 that he battled the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and received a double lung transplant in 2020 at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center, where he was a patient for nearly two months. . While at a Los Angeles medical facility, Jones had to relearn how to perform basic daily activities such as breathing, eating, and walking, and told the publication that despite his health problems, he would like to one day play again.

"My whole life has been a stage," Jones said. "The idea of ​​not being there anymore seemed worse than death.

That same year, Jones create history when he won his 2nd Guest Actor Emmy for his role in This Is Us. In addition, his daughter, Jasmine Sifas Jones, won her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Comedy or Drama Series for her work on Quibis #FreeRayshawn. The two became the first father-daughter winners in history that year.

The official finishing of This Is Us is less than a week away also star Mandy Moore told Entertainment Weekly that fans shouldn't hope the series ending to wrap things up perfectly.