Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis, says family has his back

“Lethal Weapon” prima Danny Glover has revealed helium has been surviving with Alzheimer’s illness for years.

In an interrogation with NBC’s Lester Holt that aired connected the “Today” amusement connected Wednesday, the 79-year-old histrion and activistic opened up astir surviving with the disease. According to People, helium received his diagnosis successful 2023, which was not agelong aft helium was awarded an honorary Oscar successful 2022.

“I could unrecorded with it, successful a sense,” Glover says of his condition, which has been affecting his movement, code and memory. “I’m definite arsenic it advances, things are going to beryllium antithetic and changing.”

A neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer’s is simply a benignant of dementia that affects memory, reasoning and behaviour and worsens implicit time, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn. Holt reports that much than 7 cardinal Americans implicit 65 are surviving with Alzheimer’s, with Black men suffering astatine a complaint treble the nationalist average.

Glover and his household accidental the Hollywood icon is sharing his communicative present to “have ownership of his life” and to assistance region the stigma astir the disease.

“They’ve got my back,” Glover says of his family’s support.

Besides his portrayal of L.A. constabulary Det. Roger Murtaugh successful the “Lethal Weapon” movie series, Glover is known for roles successful movies including “Places successful the Heart” (1984), “The Color Purple” (1985), “To Sleep With Anger” (1990), “Angels successful the Outfield” (1994), “Dreamgirls” (2006) and “The Last Black Man successful San Francisco” (2019). He’s besides been a vocal advocator for societal justness and humanitarian causes some successful the U.S. and abroad.

He was the recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award successful 2022.

“I don’t consciousness similar it’s the extremity of my life,” helium said successful his interrogation with People astir surviving with Alzheimer’s. “There’s enactment to do.”