Maureen McGovern is sharing some heart-wrenching news with fans. The 73-year-old singer — best known for Oscar-winning song “The Morning After” from the 1973 movie “The Poseidon Adventure” and the single “Can You Read My Mind” from 1978’s “Superman” — shared a video on Facebook to reveal she’s been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer’s. “I’ve been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy with symptoms of Alzheimer’s and/or dementia,” McGovern tells fans in the video, which begins by featuring highlights from her music career. READ MORE: Tony Bennett’s Wife Susan Crow Reveals The Singer ‘Doesn’t Know’ He Has Alzheimer’s “What I do, or what I am still able to accomplish, has changed,” she explains. “I can no longer travel or perform in live concerts.
In fact, I can no longer drive — how’s that for a kick in the butt?” While McGovern admits her diagnosis presents “a challenge,” she also insists that “it certainly is not going to keep me from living my life.” She initially realized something was wrong, she recalls, when she “began having trouble finding, in my brain, the words I wanted to say.
I struggled with the inevitable shock with fear and frankly hopelessness. “But slowly I realized that my inner life has not changed.
My passion for music, for singing, remains profoundly robust. To me, music is a language that expresses what often cannot be said with just words — it elevates, expands, and heals – brings joy and comfort and can eliminate barriers by creating meaningful experiences.
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