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JAMES BROLIN has broken the heart of his 89-year-old former “Marcus Welby, M.D.” co-star ELENA VERDUGO – ignoring pleas for him to visit before she breathes her last, sources tell The National ENQUIRER.
The nursing home-bound Elena, who played feisty aide Consuelo Lopez on the popular 1970s TV show, is crying to her friends that Barbra Streisand’s 73-year-old hubby hasn’t stopped by to say his final good-byes.
The devastated actress recently told a pal: “I love Jimmy like a son, but he doesn’t seem interested in visiting me.”
Added a friend: “It’s sad. It’s like James has turned his back on her.
“He can’t seem to find the time to spend an hour with the woman who once thought of herself as his adopted mom.