People Magazine reports that Malcolm Young’s family has confirmed news that the AC/DC guitarist is suffering from dementia.
“Malcolm is suffering from dementia and the family thanks you for respecting their privacy,” his family said in a statement to People.
A Young family connection said: “If you were in the room with [Malcolm Young] and walked out, then came back in one minute later, he wouldn’t remember who you are. He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife, Linda, has put him in full-time care.”
In April, the group announced that Young was taking a break due to ill health.
AC/DC have announced that their new album, Rock Or Bust, will be released on December 2nd. Read more about the release here.
source: people.com
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God Bless you Malcolm.
Our prayers are with you brother.
Most people have sympathy and/or empathy for others,but sometimes famous people’s trouble’s/illnesses hurt your heart. For me, AC/DC members fall into the later.
Just keeping good thoughts for him. I have lost of friends in the footnall world to this disease……it is a very hard and disturbing way to see someone you personally know that had a successful life shrivel down to a Babies mental state……completely sad and heartbreaking….
Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, also called early-onset Alzheimer’s, or early-onset AD, is the term used for cases of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed before the age of 65. It is an uncommon form of Alzheimer’s, accounting for only 5-10% of all Alzheimer’s cases. Approximately 13% of the cases of early-onset Alzheimer’s are familial Alzheimer’s disease,[1] where a genetic predisposition leads to the disease. The other incidences of early onset Alzheimer’s, however, share the same traits as the ‘late onset’ form commonly referred to as “Alzheimer’s disease”, and little is understood about how it starts.
I posted this on a previous thread but thought it was worth another read considering all the misinformation out there.
My Grandfather had it and it was truly heart breaking watch my hero go like that! Gotta be such a gut/heart wrenching thing what his family is going through right now. He is not taking a break from music cause there know coming back from it sadly enough as it is