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Washington.- American actor Danny Glover made public the Alzheimer’s disease he suffers from and shared some details about the condition and how he copes with it in an interview granted to People magazine, in which he sends a message of optimism to those who suffer from this ailment.
n” “n“I still have my daughter, I have friends. I just want to say that life goes on,” Glover assured.
n” “nThe actor, who will turn 80 on July 22nd, answered the magazine’s questions by “often alternating between unfinished thoughts and poetic personal digressions,” according to the publication itself, confirming what his daughter Clarisa asserts: “I think sometimes he is aware and other times he is not.”
n” “nGlover made it public this Tuesday that he was suffering from the disease on NBC’s The Today Show, with the goal, as he explained, of raising awareness about Alzheimer’s and also to convey that he is moving forward despite the diagnosis.
Glover’s career
n” “nAfter rising to fame for ‘The Color Purple’, Glover consolidated his popularity in ‘Lethal Weapon’ alongside Mel Gibson.
The actor himself claims that working with Gibson “was great” and also dedicated words in the interview to Oprah Winfrey, asserting that with his films, he had “the opportunity to talk about how I see the world and what role I have played in it. I started acting because I was a citizen. Acting was what gave me a voice.”
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Activism has been part of Glover’s career, who even received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and in the interview with People he recounts some of his experiences.
n” “n“I remember when Nelson Mandela got out of prison and we were walking,” he explains about the South African president, whom he supported and played in a 1987 television movie, “(Mandela’s wife) Winnie came up and Mandela said: ‘Winnie, there is your other husband.’ It was funny.”
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