He has neuropathy, which means that his hands and feet don't feel anything. Winters also caught a bacterial infection and almost died when her heart stopped beating. After he had several surgeries and got gangrene, doctors cut off two of his toes and half of one of his thumbs.

After medics revived him, Dean spent three weeks in the ICU. The hits, however, would continue to come. During his recovery at home, the "Rescue Me" star contracted a bacterial infection and suffered through multiple operations and gangrene, which resulted in the amputation of two toes and half of a thumb.

In the basketball spot, Mayhem's brother is played by Winters' real-life brother, Scott William Winters, who is also an actor known for roles on “NCIS,” “Law & Order: SVU” and other shows. The Winters have teamed onscreen before, notably playing brothers on the HBO drama “Oz.”

Dean Winters - known for acting roles on “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and other productions - has long been Mayhem in ads for Allstate insurance.

He was a young man with future dreams, who moved to Norway to join the band named Mayhem in 1988. On April 8, 1991, when he was only 22, it was reported as he committed suicide, by shooting himself with a shotgun after he cut his wrists and his neck and wrote a suicide note. But was Per Ohlin's death really a suicide?

What health issue does the Mayhem guy have? Dean Winters says that he hasn't been able to walk without pain since 2009. He has neuropathy, which means that his hands and feet don't feel anything. Winters also caught a bacterial infection and almost died when her heart stopped beating.

He has neuropathy, which means that his hands and feet don't feel anything. Winters also caught a bacterial infection and almost died when her heart stopped beating. After he had several surgeries and got gangrene, doctors cut off two of his toes and half of one of his thumbs.

They look related. Are they brothers in real life? A: Yes. Dean Winters - known for acting roles on “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and other productions - has long been Mayhem in ads for Allstate insurance.

Dean Winters - known for acting roles on “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and other productions - has long been Mayhem in ads for Allstate insurance.

"I've got neuropathy on a whole different level where I can't feel my hands and my feet. But if I stepped on a pebble, it's like I go through the roof." Winters lost two toes and half of a thumb after a bacterial infection led to a near-death experience and subsequent gangrene.

What health issue does the Mayhem guy have? Dean Winters says that he hasn't been able to walk without pain since 2009. He has neuropathy, which means that his hands and feet don't feel anything. Winters also caught a bacterial infection and almost died when her heart stopped beating.

Euronymous used Dead's suicide to foster Mayhem's "evil" image and claimed Dead had killed himself because black metal had become "trendy" and commercialized. In time, rumors spread that Euronymous had made a stew with bits of Dead's brain and had made necklaces with bits of his skull.