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Actor and activist Danny Glover says he
has Alzheimer’s disease
[July 02, 2026]
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for
starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon”
franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease.
The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today”
and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive,
memory-destroying disease three years ago. |
Danny Glover arrives at the Governors Awards on Friday, March 25, 2022,
at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP,
File) |
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“I’m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it,” he told
People magazine. “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.”
More than 6 million people in the United States and millions
more around the world have Alzheimer’s, the most common form of
dementia.
Glover earned four Emmy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar
in 2022. Other awards came from the NAACP and Black
Entertainment Television, and he received nominations from the
Screen Actors Guild.
Glover also served as a goodwill ambassador for the United
Nations Development Program from 1998 to 2004. It focuses on
poverty, disease and economic development in Africa, Latin
America and the Caribbean.
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