[KayakerNC]

Glen Campbell Moved Into A Care Facility | Billboard

[CFrance]

Such a shame.

[buggyone]

I am sure that years and years of too much booze and way too many drugs contributed greatly to his condition.

[borjo]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I am sure that years and years of too much booze and way too many drugs contributed greatly to his condition.

Not a nice thing to say about someone with Alzheimers.

[pooh]

Sometimes we see celebrities as immortals. When the reality of their humanity manifests itself, ......well....
Prayers for Glenn and all who know him and hold him dear.

[Happinow]

Growing up, my parents listened to a lot of Glen Campbell's music. He was a good wholesome country and western singer. While I believe he partook in things that were harmful to his health while in the music business, ultimately the Alzheimer's disease probably got him on the end. My dad had this disease and it's hard to watch a person fall victim to this. Prayers to Glen Campbell's family.

[swimdawg]

I try to take Lexi to visit my very elderly aunt in the nursing home on a daily basis when I'm up north. I could write a book about Alzheimer's. In my aunt's corridor, I have seen a Pulitzer Prize winner and the inventor of the pacemaker succumb of this disease......and many other formerly extremely intelligent people. Having worked in the healthcare field for decades, I have known very very bright people who eventually forgot how to hold a spoon to feed themselves. I began to wonder.....did they use up all their good brain cells early in life? I don't have to worry.....no Pulitzer Prize for me! Plenty of unused brain cells ready to go.

Bottom line: Very sad disease......especially for the patient's loved ones.

[2BNTV]

It is a very sad disease that my godmother had gotten. She was a very beautiful woman, who raised three kids.

Watching/hearing of her getting lost and confused two blocks from her home, and subsequent hospitalization. ,She stopped recognizing her own children, and passed being in a fetal postion.

My cousins could hardly bear the pain of hospital visits, as she was always a vibrant woman.

[jblum315]

It's possible that he still remembers his music. I've seen it happen with other musicians and it gives them some joy.

[manaboutown]

Glen has lead an interesting life. His uncle, Dick Bills, was a CW musician out of Albuquerque. In Glen's early professioal years he would record a CW hit, try to cross over into mainstream music, then go back to country. He finally pretty much stayed with country. Frank Sinatra may have "discovered" Glen during a recording session. He walked over to Glen during a break and said something like "Nice picking, son." The two hit it off and it went on from there. At least that is how I heard it.

[slipcovers]

Originally Posted by borjo

Not a nice thing to say about someone with Alzheimers.

I am sure he or she did not mean to be unkind. I am told Alzheimers can not be really diagnosed without an autopsy, and a lot of conditions mimic it?? However, too much booze and drugs will fry your brain, for sure. And whatever he has his lifestyle was not good. And I don't mean to be unkind.