Posted on 05/01/2015 3:20:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
With his “aw shucks, ma’am” charm and velvety voice, Glen Campbell was a legendary country and pop-music singer, guitarist and Hollywood hot guy. But now, friends and relatives tell me, he languishes in a “mediocre” facility outside Nashville, Tenn., for patients afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
He can spend only minimal time with his oldest children, say sources, who claim he is frequently alone except for the company of caregivers and TV crews recording his mental decline.
He wants to go home, they say, and doesn’t understand that the facility is his residence, probably for the rest of his life.
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God bless and keep you and mya God hold your sweet Mom dear.
I feel cheated. 12 years on and I’m still crushed.
gee, he’s the man who inspired me to start playing guitar. i just hope he has his guitar with him. may God bless and protect him where ever he is.
He’ll be home soon enough.
You are up for the worst free republic member in the history of this site.
Wow. Thank you.
Glen had his moment in the sun...sad to learn of his present condition.
Was Christ cheated? You are only alive because God allows you to be. Make the most of it.
I lost my dad at 33. I would never wish anyone to die the way he did. Towards the end, it was just awful to watch, made worse by his infection, seizures and his damn pacemaker that kept restarting his hart until it finally gave out.
Gibson was diagnosed between the time he was hired and the start of the season and hasn’t started yet.
He intends to get into the booth as soon as they get all the testing done and settle on a treatment.
About 35 years ago I was in Campbell’s opening act for a 2 week run in Reno. He was in bad shape from alcohol and cocaine. Most of the stars and sidemen we played with were in similar condition.
I was lucky, hated cocaine and wouldn’t do it after trying it to be in with the crowd, and was never more than a 1-2 drink person.
But whether you drink, drug or not, the road will make you crazy after a while. You either get off it or bad things will happen.
I highy doubt that.
It is hard to lose your mom at any age.
And our loss is only a moment away in memory, no matter how many years pass—that is what grief is like.
Always present, and sometimes a memory, a smell, a sound—can release the heartache all over again.
But, Eddie, Freepers have endured so much that none of us will ever know. They just don’t wear it on their sleeve.
What you have endured, has been endured by many others here—perhaps even worse.
And Freepers will help you process what you feel, and share their experiences with you—if you ask them to.
Give it some consideration.
Otherwise the burden of the grief you carry will crush you.
Psalm 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Ha! I was only thinking in terms of the description - languishing in a “mediocre” facility with few visitors and not much to anchor him to the planet - I hadn’t considered the similarity of names.
Good call ;’)
I’m taking care of someone right now in the home, so far the only emotional hell has been generated not by the guy with memory loss, though he can be a handful since he is Mr Active, but by relatives judging me and him and telling me what to do with him from several states away.
Well, there’s a fair piece of logic.
Thank you.
I don’t understand this. Been their, done this with my dad. It was $8K a month for a very upscale private facility in PA.
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