Skin & Bones Johnny Wasting Away!

35-POUND WEIGHT LOSS TERRIFIES PALS

GAUNT and sunken-cheeked Johnny Depp has suddenly dropped 35 pounds, and pals fear the party-hearty silver screen pirate has suffered liver damage — or even cancer!

The three-time Oscar nominee appeared frail and sickly at a recent Hollywood dinner party in Venice, Calif.

His wasting, 5-foot-10 stick figure was a shocking contrast to the 53-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star’s pudgy, almost bloated look just 18 months ago!

“Johnny looks like walking death,” says an insider. “He lost 35 pounds in a brief amount of time.”

The actor, who normally weighs about 172, appears to have shrunk to a frightening 137!