AARP magazine published on Monday. Tony opened up about his condition for the first time in a Twitter post, where he said 'life is a gift, even with Alzheimer's', and thanked his wife Susan Crow, 54, and his family for their continued support. 'Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer's.
Thank you to [his wife] Susan and my family for their support, and AARP the Magazine for telling my story', he wrote on social media.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, in which build-up of abnormal proteins causes nerve cells to die.
Although he was diagnosed four years ago, the article reveals that Tony began show real signs of decline two years later, while he was recording the Cheek to Cheek album with Lady Gaga - a.
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