Headin Into The Sunset
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
October 19, 2015 1:56pm CST
I think everyone knows about Glen Campbell the Country and Western Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist, one of his most popular songs was Rhinestone Cowboy, by the Time I get to Phoenix, Gentle on My Mind and Wichita lineman.
Those are just a few of his songs that made the top 10 list.
He received many awards in his lifetime and was always a hit in Europe as well.
In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 2011 he announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Campbell went on a final "Goodbye Tour", with three of his children joining him.
He sang "Rhinestone Cowboy" as a goodbye.
He is now a patient at an Alzheimer's long-term care and treatment facility.
What a shame that a person has to end up not knowing his wife or his family.
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18 responses
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
19 Oct 15
Glen Campbell was and always will be one of my all time favorites. I cried when I heard about the alzheimers. My mom had it and I know how and what it does to you. Such a beautiful man and a horrible thing for his family. I was lucky to see him in person one time when I went to a rodeo in Texas.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
20 Oct 15
We must remember that he still is what he was, it's just a breakdown in his brain. Hard on the family because of the loss of his abilities but he is loved by all of us who remember him in his prime.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
20 Oct 15
I saw this on TV, they showed his life. I seen him in concert long ago, I wasn't there to see him, actually but the group he opened for.
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
19 Oct 15
This is an awful disease. I feel more sorry for the family members of the sufferers. They are the ones who have to watch their loved one descend into a shell of their former self. Towards the end the sufferer is normally oblivious to what is happening.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
19 Oct 15
It is a shame but he lived a hard life so i always feel all that drinking does a number on many..
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
22 Oct 15
brilliant singer and also a fine actor - he was in True Grit with John Wayne. So sad to see him suffer from Alzheimer's
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
20 Oct 15
It is a devastating ending to a great man.
I loved Glen and I know there are millions of people worldwide that love him also.
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@Tita417 (1228)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Oct 15
I have heard of him and such a shame that he ended up with Alzheimer. My dad had dementia or alzheimer but he remembered me and my sisters. All of us. What he remembered were up the place that we last lived as a military man and the rest was forgotten.
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@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Oct 15
It is just awful to think about. I saw him last year I think on something. Had to have some one with him to help him. Poor dear.
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