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 he’s 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 isn’t fatal like Alzheimer’s, it leaves him tired, exhausted and, most of all, forgetful.
“It’s a mild case of what people have as Alzheimer’s. It’s similar to that. But not nearly as bad. Alzheimer’s is fatal,” Turner told CBS. “Thank goodness I don’t have that. But, I also have got, let’s – the one that’s – I can’t remember the name of it.”
Turner continues after a pause: “Dementia. I can’t 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 Alzheimer’s 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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I think Turner knew who and what Fonda was before he married her. The man could have been that dumb.
Wow! This news is really...excuse me a minute...yawn.
This is the disease that would have eventually killed Robin Williams if he hadn't committed suicide first.
Since you asked on a public forum, I’ll give my answer. No I don’t. But I reserve my concern for those I consider important to me. Turner: not so much. People die all the time.
Thanks, I was curious.
Wonder if Jane saw this coming...
Hubby and I watched a documentary on Robin Williams that was shown on HBO. He was so funny when he was young; and, it reminded me that I haven't actually laughed at a "comedian" for a very long time. Ugly political humor and the F-word over and over again. Not funny, not even close.
It did get into his diagnosis and, I believe, he was incorrectly diagnosed at first. But, this is a horrible disease. I had never heard of it before; but, it seems to combine all the worst aspects of ALS and Alzheimers. Bad disease.
Yeah, Casey did quite well. Made a lot of money when he and his partners sold “American Top 40” to ABC back in the 70s. Kept hosting the show for years (until he was finally dropped) and was a profit participant as well. Started another countdown show which continued until his retirement, and he had a TV program for several years as well.
Interesting note about “AT 40.” I was a part-time DJ in high school and college and worked at stations that aired the program. At the time, Mutual was the only network that had taken the plunge into satellite distribution of its programming; the rest were still using phone lines and since a lot of stations that weren’t ABC affiliates aired the show, feeding it over phone lines wasn’t an option, and the audio quality wasn’t good enough for a music program.
Instead, the program was recorded on Monday in LA, then pressed onto three LP records, boxed and shipped out (via US mail) to affiliates for airing the next weekend. In the five years I worked at AT 40 stations, the post office only missed delivery twice—that’s why we always kept a few copies of previous shows on hand, just in case.
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