Neil Diamond Announces Retirement From Concert Touring After Parkinson's Diagnosis

Hollywood Reporter ^ | 1/22/2018 | Rania Aniftos

[Yaelle]

Yeah, McCartney does not really sound so good. But he is still Paul McCartney.

[Yaelle]

Wow, that is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[a little elbow grease]

Frank Sinatra blazed the path to obtuseness.

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Your comment about Frank is ABSURD.

Synonyms for obtuseness ---- boneheadedness, brainlessness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dorkiness, dullness.

Learn the language before you use a word about Sinatra in that context, genius.

[Hot Tabasco]

My 80 year old father in law has had Parkinsons for over a decade now.... But Neil isn't necessarily on death's door due to this.

Yep. I play senior softball with a guy in his late 60's who has Parkinsons. He can still play great ball but when he's standing in the outfield you can see his glove hand noticeably shaking as well as when he's just standing around.

At one time I thought I might be coming down with it (which I wasn't) and mentioned it to my doctor. He responded by saying why spend your time worrying about it since there is no cure. Just keep doing what you enjoy doing.........That made sense to me.

[a little elbow grease]

One of my earliest memories was laying on the shag carpet in front of the stereo listening to my dad’s Neil Diamond albums.

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Excellent

Check this out if you wish. It's fabulous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55RX1yhh5Oc

“LOVE ON THE ROCKS” -- INTRODUCED BY DAVID CROSBY

MAGIC

[sparklite2]

Boneheadedness as in stubbornly continuing to sell a product long past its ‘sell-by’ date.

[SunkenCiv]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond

[snip] In Brooklyn he attended Erasmus Hall High School and was a member of the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club along with classmate Barbra Streisand. They were not close friends at the time, Diamond recalls: “We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes.” [/snip]

I like Deep Purple’s cover of “Kentucky Woman”.

[a little elbow grease]

All in the eye of the “boneheaded” observer.