Posted on 03/31/2025 6:07:08 PM PDT by Round Earther
Roger Daltrey of the rock band The Who has revealed that he is slowly going deaf and blind after turning 81 on March 1.
“The joys of getting old mean you go deaf. I also now have got the joy of going blind,” Daltrey told the crowd at London’s Royal Albert Hall during a concert on Thursday, March 27, per Sky News.
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A lot never have that chance. Fortunately I'm working
on completing 4 score and ten. Life as we know it slows
down for sure.
Get checked for a hearing aid. There is a correlation between deafness and Alzheimer’s.
His autobiography is a good read. Smart, thoughtful, likeable guy.
Daltrey contracted viral meningitis a few years ago and thought he was going to die. That’s a disease that can do nerve damage and harm hearing and vision.
Once we recover from an infection we tend to think that we go back to how we were prior to getting infected, when in fact it may leave a calling card behind. Old age may in part be the collective slings and arrows from all of the illnesses we deal with over the years.
Yes my recurring pulmonary edema being Flu A calling card
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