Morten Harket, the beloved front man of the pop-synth group A-ha, shared some heartbreaking health news with fans earlier this year in a story posted on the band’s website.
That news?
He is battling Parkinson’s disease.
The 66 year old said he has had multiple brains surgeries as he tries to manage the disease.
“I’ve got no problem accepting the diagnosis,” he said. “With time I’ve taken to heart my 94-year-old father’s attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: ‘I use whatever works.’”
Harket said he didn’t previously reveal his diagnosis because of “my need for peace and quiet to work that has been stopping me.”
“I’m trying the best I can to prevent the entire system from going into decline,” he said. “It’ a difficult balancing act between taking the medication and managing its side effects. There’s so much to weigh up when you’re emulating the masterful way the body handles every complex movement, or social matters and invitations, or day-to-day life in general.”
Sadly, he said that “problems with my voice are one of many grounds for uncertainty about my creative future.”
“I don’t really know,” he said when asked if he can sing now. “I don’t feel like singing, and for me that’s a sign. I’m broadminded in terms of what I think works; I don’t expect to be able to achieve full technical control. The question is whether I can express myself with my voice. As things stand now, that’s out of the question. But I don’t know whether I’ll be able to manage it at some point in the future.”
He finished with a message about his treatment plan and a message for his fans.
“I’m going to get so many messages about what to do and how to deal with it,” he said. “Lots of suggestions for cures and whatnot, all from well-meaning people. I know there are many opinions and alternative theories, but I need to listen to the professionals I have available to me, who are taking care of this with me and for me, and who keep a close eye on developments in many areas of research taking place today. I won’t be able to process anything else.
“Don’t worry about me,” he added. “Find out who you want to be — a process that can be new each and every day. Be good servants of nature, the very basis of our existence, and care of the environment while it is still possible to do so. Spend your energy and effort addressing real problems and know that I am being taken care of.”
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