Actor Danny Glover reveals he has Alzheimer's disease
Posted on: Jul 01, 2026 23:47 IST | Posted by: Cbc
worker and activistic Danny Glover, charles herbert best known for starring as an easy-going constabulary ship's officer in the Lethal Weapon franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer's disease.
The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told NBC's Today and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive, memory-destroying disease three years ago.
"I'm still not accepting in my mind all parts of it," he told People. "There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I'll never forget."
More than six million people in the United States and millions more around the world have Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia. In Canada, more than 750,000 people live with the disease, according to Statistics Canada.
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.
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.
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