Tony Bennets Alzheimers May Be Getting Advanced

[Economy 50,004]

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5896018

 

 

CBC news is giving AARP magazine as their source. I dont know much about them so i dont know how reliable they tend to be

 

But at least according to them Tony is getting increasibly rarer moments of clarity which suggests the desiese has possibly already advanced well past the early stages

 

According to the source however he is still capable of practicing with his pianist and can still carry a tune very well

 

 

 

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Edit: I guess its acurate and reliable considering Tony thanked Aarp for telling his story

https://mobile.twitter.com/itstonybennett/status/1356232201810157568?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

[Economy 50,004]

If he was diagnosed years ago tho this wouldnt be that surprising

[zakariah 11,722]

3 minutes ago, Economy said:

According to the source however he is still capable of practicing with his pianist and can still carry a tune very well

that’s kind of heartwarming tbh, like his love of music and singing shines through even when this unfortunate disease is happening to him

[Dayman 6,189]

11 minutes ago, zakariah said:

that’s kind of heartwarming tbh, like his love of music and singing shines through even when this unfortunate disease is happening to him

My Great Grandmother even towards the very end only had moments of clarity in the form of remembering music and singing along. Sometimes all she could do was softly sing to herself.

[PartySick 161,145]

21 minutes ago, zakariah said:

that’s kind of heartwarming tbh, like his love of music and singing shines through even when this unfortunate disease is happening to him

Peoples life long passions seem to survive the disease.

There's a ton of videos online of dementia and Alzheimers patients who are totally gone but remember the steps or words to their favorite songs and it snaps them back for a moment. It's super sad.

[Chic 20,830]

Music is a deeply personal thing to many people. So deep is it, in fact, that after years of performing, it will be locked into muscle memory and areas of the brain that retain other long term memories. It’s instinctive, and even if many other areas of the brain are affected by this disease, these kind of memories, muscle and mental, still exist.

He may not remember specific memories but what he can feel through music - you don’t tend to forget that. Even with some of the worst cases of Alzheimer’s this can be seen. He might not have the foggiest idea about whole years of his life but he could sing a song he learned during one of those years without flaw. It’s crazy.