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Singer Glen Campbell performs at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif., in 2008. Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Glen Campbell’s wife says Alzheimer’s disease has robbed the 80-year-old singer’s ability to play guitar.
But Kim Campbell that her husband occasionally breaks into a solo air guitar routine, which she says is “kind of fun.”
Glen Campbell was diagnosed with the brain-ravaging disease in 2011 and went on a world tour afterward. The singer known for such hits as “Rhinestone Cowboy,” ”Wichita Lineman” and “Southern Nights” was moved to a long-term care facility in 2014.
Kim Campbell says he continues to sing, although the words are gibberish and “it’s not a melody that we recognize, but you can tell that it’s a happy song and he has a song in his heart,” so that brings her great comfort.
