{"id":2503837,"date":"2026-07-15T22:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2503837"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:49:51","slug":"actor-danny-glover-reveals-he-has-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/actor-danny-glover-reveals-he-has-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Danny Glover reveals he has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qn5:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qn5:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easy-going police officer in the <em>Lethal Weapon<\/em> franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told NBC&#8217;s <em>Today<\/em> and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive, memory-destroying disease three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it,&#8221; he told People. &#8220;There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I&#8217;ll never forget.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than six million people in the United States and millions more around the world have Alzheimer&#8217;s, the most common form of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/topic\/Tag\/dementia\" target=\"_blank\">dementia<\/a>. In Canada, more than 750,000 people live with the disease, according to Statistics Canada. <\/p>\n<p>Glover earned four Emmy Award nominations and an honourary Oscar in 2022. Other awards came from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Black Entertainment Television, and he received nominations from the Screen Actors Guild.<\/p>\n<p>Glover also served as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program from 1998 to 2004. It focuses on poverty, disease and economic development in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbc.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. 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