Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis on ‘Today’

“We all get old. It happens,” Glover’s daughter, Mandisa, told Holt. “That’s what I think is important, that he tells his story, he has ownership of his life.”

Holt went on to reflect on Glover’s iconic onscreen career, particularly his role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise. “I’ve had signing events where somebody would bring their toilet up, and I would sign it,” he joked, referring to his memorable Lethal Weapon 2 scene where his character gets stuck on a toilet rigged with a bomb.

As for his favorite role? Glover told Holt that 1984’s Places in the Heart holds a special place in his own heart. “His mother, Carrie, was killed in a tragic car accident the day he was cast in that movie. He dedicates his performance in Places in the Heart to her,” Holt explained. “Glover also credits his parents with instilling in him a passion for social justice and equality, a passion reflected in his life and many of his films. Glover also started a production company [Louverture Films] explicitly designed to develop and fund socially conscious, politically relevant films from underserved communities around the world.”

Glover ended the segment by telling Holt, “We have challenges in the world, and I think art becomes a reframe, a way of looking at that.”

Glover shared more about his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in an interview with People published on Wednesday. “I’m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it,” he stated. “There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I’ll never forget.”

His diagnosis is something Glover said both he and his family have come to terms with, stating, “In some sense acknowledging that it’s happening to you and at the same time that there are millions of people suffering from it.”

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