Posted on 10/01/2018 8:54:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Ted Turner, the media mogul and cable news trailblazer, revealed in an interview set to air this weekend that hes coping with a brain disease known as Lewy body dementia.
Turner, 79, opened up to CBS Sunday Morning at his 113,000-acre ranch near Bozeman, Mont., saying while his disease isnt fatal like Alzheimers, it leaves him tired, exhausted and, most of all, forgetful.
Its a mild case of what people have as Alzheimers. Its similar to that. But not nearly as bad. Alzheimers is fatal, Turner told CBS. Thank goodness I dont have that. But, I also have got, lets the one thats I cant remember the name of it.
Turner continues after a pause: Dementia. I cant remember what my disease is.
Lewy body dementia is a type of progressive dementia that leads to a decline in thinking, reasoning and independent function, due to abnormal microscopic deposits that cause brain cell damage over time, according to the Alzheimers Association.
The Mayo Clinic says that symptoms can include visual hallucinations, changes in alertness and attention, and Parkinson's disease-like symptoms such as rigid muscles, slow movement and tremors. Risk factors include being over 60, male, and having a family member with the disease, according to the clinic.
The late comic Robin Williams suffered from the disease.
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He was battling a disease of the brain long before this.
Leftistism has ravaged him for a number of decades.
Hanoi Jane and he were bussom buddies, married...
Well to do people aren’t necessarily smart.
Only the klintons.
They did...............
He has family
My dads best friend ..both RIP.....daughter married into it
Big South Carolina plantation wedding. 1990s
I have a close family member who has dementia.
About a decade ago I tried to take some video of them telling some of their life experiences for posterity.
They couldn’t remember a single thing from their life.
I wouldn’t wish this on Ted, but he may be heading for that eventuality.
Louie Dumbrowski (Bernard Gorcey)
Christianity is a "religion for losers"
Ted Turner
Christ should not have bothered dying on the cross. "I don't want anybody to die for me. I've had a few drinks and a few girlfriends, and if that is going to put me in hell, then so be it."
Ted Turner
The ten commandments are "out of date" and should be replaced with the Ten Voluntary Iniatives.
Ted Turner
Not many people know this about Ted,
but he is, or was, one of the finest sailors in the world.
A true, consummate yachtsman,
brilliant tactician and helmsman,
and always on the forefront of monohull design and technology.
Not everything is about politics.
Marrying a knucklehead is something a LOT of men have done.
But even after they divorced, he was still a knucklehead.
Well, you made an otherwise lousy day. Thanks!
I thought he Divorced the Brain Disease aka Fonda
The disease may not kill you per se, but the complications certainly do. Casey Kasem was diagnosed in 2013, originally with Parkinson’s disease, but that was later changed to Lewy’s. He was dead a year later. His passing touched off a war between Kasem’s children (from his first marriage) and his second wife, Jean, best known for her appearances on “Cheers.”
While Casey reportedly wanted to be buried in Glendale, CA, his wife eventually had him interred in Oslo, Norway, where his body remains to this day. Kasem reportedly left an estate valued at $80 million, divided 50/50 between the three children from his first marriage and his second wife. As of earlier this year, both sides were still haggling over his fortune, with Jean attempting to gain greater control over his older children’s share of the estate.
Wonder how much the lawyers have already pulled out of the estate for legal fees? Probate nightmare, but a windfall for the attorneys.
Mr. Turner better hope his estate planning is better than what Casey Kasem left behind, and by all accounts, he did what his attorneys and estate planners advised him to do. Unfortunately, hell hath no fury like a has-been actress who wants the whole pie for herself.
BTW, Kasem’s cause of death was sepsis from a badly infected bedsore. I’ve had family members in nursing homes and bedsores are a huge problem; coupled that with failing body systems and its easy for them to become infected, especially if the patient isn’t turned frequently and carefully monitored. Doesn’t sound like Mr. Kasem was receiving the best of care at the end of his life.
Many demonrats have brain disease.
Can’t gather up much sympathy.
From marriedfondalitis?
There was nothing there to ruin. Turner sold his soul a long time ago.
I actually interviewed him for an article in 2015, after he bought an historic spa in the town of Truth or Consequences N.M. We had to submit questions for approval. I did get him off point by bringing up our common Tennessee roots.
I actually interviewed him for an article in 2015, after he bought an historic spa in the town of Truth or Consequences N.M. We had to submit questions for approval. I did get him off point by bringing up our common Tennessee roots.
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