Country Pop Singer Glen Campbell dies at 81 due to Alzheimer's. Also an exclusive clip from the end of the James Keach documentary that depicts how the heartbreaking song came together: one line at a time, due to Campbell's memory struggles.
Glen Campbell, the multiple Grammy-winning country-pop singer, guitarist and TV personality who went public with his advancing Alzheimer's after a half-century career has died. He was 81.
The “Goodbye Tour,” which pushed into 2012, was the subject of the James Keach documentary “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me,” released in 2014 — the same year Campbell moved into an Alzheimer’s treatment facility. With the help of his children and admiring friends such as Willie Nelson, he released a final album in the spring of 2017, titled — simply — “Adiós.”
His farewell tour and the accompanying film elicited an emotional outpouring. Rejecting the shame and secrecy that sometimes attend Alzheimer’s, Campbell turned into an advocate for the disease. Audiences cheered him even as he struggled to remember his lyrics on stage.
I'm never going to hold you like I did
Or say I love you to my kids
You're never gonna see it in my eyes
Its not gonna hurt me when you cry
I'm not gonna miss you
I'm not gonna miss you
Find the clip of the documentary here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-watch-glen-campbell-record-760108
His wife Kimberly has also spoken about the challenges family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's face. Here is one such interview
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