{"id":249491,"date":"2026-07-01T12:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/danny-glover-announces-alzheimers-disease-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:43:58","slug":"danny-glover-announces-alzheimers-disease-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/danny-glover-announces-alzheimers-disease-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Glover Announces Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2239127\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/danny-glover\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Danny Glover<\/strong><\/a> has announced he has Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 79-year-old movie icon, who will turn 80 on July 22, revealed that he was diagnosed in 2022, shortly after receiving an honorary Oscar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover1.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover1-788x1066.jpg\" alt=\"Danny Glover image\" class=\"wp-image-2239129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover1-788x1066.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover1-428x579.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the symptoms he faces, he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/celebrity-health\/danny-glover-alzheimers-exclusive-today-rcna352405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Today <\/a>show, \u201cI can live with it in a sense. I\u2019m sure as it advances, different things will be different and changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the diagnosis, he added to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/danny-glover-opens-up-alzheimers-diagnosis-79-life-continues-exclusive-12010257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it. There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His younger brother <strong>Marty<\/strong> added, \u201cWe just want him to live his best life like he made us live ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"1\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover-788x1184.jpg\" alt=\"Danny Glover image\" class=\"wp-image-2239130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover-788x1184.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/danny-glover-428x643.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Danny <\/strong>is best known for playing Detective Roger Murtaugh in the <em>Lethal Weapon<\/em> film series, a role he portrayed across four films from 1987 to 1998. His film career also includes starring roles in<em> The Color Purple, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, Dreamgirls,<\/em> and <em>2012<\/em>. Over more than four decades, he has appeared in acclaimed dramas, action films, and major studio productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/danny-glover\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">danny glover<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/01\/danny-glover-announces-alzheimers-disease-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Danny Glover has announced he has Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The 79-year-old movie icon, who will turn 80 on July 22, revealed that he was diagnosed in 2022, shortly after receiving an honorary Oscar. 2 About the symptoms he faces, he told the Today show, \u201cI can live with it in a sense. 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