Hollywood legend Danny Glover, 79, has revealed he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The Lethal Weapon and Colour Purple star confirmed he was living with the degenerative condition during an emotional appearance on The Today Show on Wednesday, July 1. He explained he had received his diagnosis shortly after he was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2022.

Danny insisted: "I can live with it in a sense. I’m sure as it advances, different things will be different and changing." He admitted he is "still not accepting in my mind all parts of it." In a further interview with People, he said: "There are moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I'll never forget." He said coming to terms with his 2023 diagnosis involved him 'in some sense acknowledging that it's happening to you and at the same time that there are millions of people suffering from it.'

His Today appearance was pre-recorded, and he was joined by his daughter Mandisa, who stressed it was "really important" for her father to speak on his own terms.

"And the time is now. What better time but now for him to speak for himself? It’s important because people ask questions sometimes, and I don’t want to be a dishonest person and say, 'Oh, yeah, everything is all right. It’s all great.'" She also revealed, "he's aware sometimes and then sometimes not."

Danny made his film acting debut in 1979's Escape from Alcatraz and has appeared in hugely successful movies such as 1986's Witness, 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums and 1990's Predator 2.

For his TV work, he has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Nelson Mandela in the 1987 television film Mandela, and Joshua Deets in the 1989 western miniseries Lonesome Dove. Philip Marlowe in 1995's neo-noir series Fallen Angels and Will Walker in 2000's biographical film Freedom Song

According to the NHS, Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the UK. Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms associated with an ongoing decline in brain function. It can affect memory, thinking skills and other mental abilities.

It is a progressive condition, which means the symptoms develop gradually over many years and eventually become more severe. It affects multiple brain functions.

The first signs of Alzheimer's disease are usually minor memory problems, such as forgetting recent conversations or events and the names of places and objects.

As the condition develops, memory problems become more severe and further symptoms can develop, such as confusion, disorientation and getting lost in familiar places and problems with speech and language.