July 1 (UPI) — Beloved actor Danny Glover is going public with his Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis.
Glover, known for his film and TV roles in Lethal Weapon, Fallen Angels, Mandela and more, shared Wednesday that he was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative condition in 2023.
In an interview with Lester Holt on Today, Glover said of his diagnosis that he can “live with it, in a sense” but is aware his symptoms will progress.
“I’m sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing,” he added.
The news comes ahead of Glover’s 80th birthday on July 22.
Glover, his daughter Mandisa and his brother Marty also spoke with People, saying their family has come to terms with the actor’s diagnosis together.
“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,” Glover said.
Glover played Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon movies and also had a notable role as Mister in the 1985 film adaptation of Alice Walker’s book The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg.
The actor later starred with Oprah Winfrey in another big-screen adaptation — the 1998 movie Beloved, based on the Toni Morrison novel.
Glover is a four-time Emmy and Grammy nominee who received an honorary Oscar, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 2021. His more recent credits include the 2019 film Jumanji: The Next Level and a 2020 appearance on the show Black-ish.