{"id":445893,"date":"2011-06-22T21:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/singer-campbell-has-alzheimers\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T21:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:07:23","slug":"singer-campbell-has-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/singer-campbell-has-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Campbell has Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53.1282051282\"><span><span>22 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>17:07 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>US country music star Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, the 75-year-old and his wife have told People magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Campbell said if her husband &#8220;flubs a lyric or gets confused on stage&#8221;, she wanted fans to know the reason.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Campbell plans to retire from the music industry later this year with a series of farewell concerts.<\/p>\n<p>The singer, diagnosed six months ago, is known for hits like Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still love making music, and I still love performing for my fans. I&#8217;d like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin,&#8221; Mr Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy Award winner, who will launch his final tour in October, said he was suffering from short-term memory loss for years, prior to his diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13882993\" title=\"Singer Campbell has Alzheimer's\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Singer Campbell has Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 22 June 2011 Last updated at 17:07 ET US country music star Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, the 75-year-old and his wife have told People magazine. Kim Campbell said if her husband &#8220;flubs a lyric or gets confused on stage&#8221;, she wanted fans to know the reason. 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