Jeanne Little's husband Barry has revealed that she does not recognise him any more. The 73-year-old Australian television star and entertainer, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2009, was taken into full-time nursing care ten months ago and now just sits in silence during her family's visits. Barry told New Idea magazine: "I sit and hold her hand and tell her how much I love her. On a good day, she used to occasionally smile. But there are no good days left now. I keep hoping this is some dreadful nightmare from which we'll wake - but I know it's the agonising reality. Each visit becomes more heartbreaking than the last as she declines further." He has now become a spokesperson for Dementia Awareness Week and said of the illness: "It's so unfair. Jeanne is only 73, far too (more)...
- 9/21/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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