Carly Simon reveals she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
“So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,” Simon’s statement on Monday read.The singer, 83, had been experiencing arthritis in one of her hips and both her knees, resulting in replacement surgeries for those three joints. At times, she said, she could not walk without “considerable help.”“My family and I knew that something more was going on.
- ▪“So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing.
- ▪The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,” Simon’s statement on Monday read.The singer, 83, had been experiencing arthritis in one of her hips and both her knees, resulting in replacement surgeries for those thr
- ▪At times, she said, she could not walk without “considerable help.”“My family and I knew that something more was going on.
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Open this photo in gallery:The 83-year-old singer-songwriter revealed her diagnosis in a statement Monday.Charles Sykes/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountYou’re So Vain singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was recently treated for skin cancer, the singer shared in a statement provided to the Associated Press. “So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,” Simon’s statement on Monday read.The singer, 83, had been experiencing arthritis in one of her hips and both her knees, resulting in replacement surgeries for those three joints.
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