Sean Connery has Alzheimer’s disease

Killer Wench

I watched RED 2 and I thought that he would be such a great addition. Now I know why he hasn't been heard from.

Esoteric_

scudzilla wrote: »

before ya go judging and getting all self righteous maybe have a think why i would say that, why i would wish that terrible disease on somebody who has time and time again screwed over my family

Somebody did some things to me when I was a teenager that most people would wish him dead for. I still would never wish Alzheimer's upon anybody, no matter how bad a person they may be.

Frosty McSnowballs

I hope he doesn't forget how awesome he is (

"Sean Connery has Alzheimer's.....not a lot of people know that" - Michael Caine

skimpydoo

My late gran had it. Was horrible seeing what she went through. Would not wish it on anyone.

lkionm

scudzilla wrote: »

before ya go judging and getting all self righteous maybe have a think why i would say that, why i would wish that terrible disease on somebody who has time and time again screwed over my family

I'm probably the least most self righteous person on after hours. I'm nothing but a gowl. I used to kill my sims by setting them on fire in the kitchen with no doors and would laugh when the fire brigade couldn't get in.

But wishing a diesease like that is just weird.
If you said I hope they get knocked down I wouldn't care. I still don't care. It's just a bit weird. I'm not offended. It's just weird.

It's like on Xbox and someone rages and wishes someone cancer, you just sit back and say Jaysus, chill out brah

What's happened After Hours? 3 whole pages and no one has made the obvious, Shaken not stirred joke.

Mon a serious note, it's a horrible thing to have to go through. Growing up my grandmother who had both Alzheimer's and dementia lived with us and it wasn't pleasant. I think I'd prefer to go on my own terms than suffer through years of it.

lkionm

Adamantium wrote: »

I'm generalising here but hear me out... Sometimes I wonder if the Irish sense of humor to play down/ mask suffering isn't some sort of cultural insecurity regarding matters of importance like illness, mental health and matters of life and death, you know like adults.

We've had somebody talk quite eloquently about how there parent descended into the hell that this disease is, and then in their online presence we're then wishing it on our worst enemies and joking about it to the nth degree.

There was a thousand other threads you could have done it in lads; but you HAD to do in this one!

You must be new to Irish humour

cena

lkionm wrote: »

You must be new to Irish humour

Nearly everything is funny to the Irish.

The Pheasant2

Really sorry to hear this - one of my favorite actors.

I guess soon enough we'll be seeing the other great and treasured actors of his generation fall to tragedies such as this

Insect Overlord

Deleted User wrote: »

What's happened After Hours? 3 whole pages and no one has made the obvious, Shaken not stirred joke.

That would be Parkinson's, not Alzheimer's.

lkionm

cena wrote: »

Nearly everything is funny to the Irish.

Except when the mother found out you dossed off mass to smoke fags.

No laughing matter when she is chasing you with a Hurley.

Riddle101

lkionm wrote: »

Your face tastes bad. I wasn't being a knob though just incase someone reports it.

Fantastic bond. Would have made a pretty cool batman as well.

Pity about league of extraordinary gentlemen. He hasn't acted since that movie.

Weird choice for a man to play Batman. I honestly couldn't see it in Connery.

That being said. Imagine a conversation between Sean Connery's Batman(if he played him) and Tom Hardy's Bane. It would be the most suave conversation ever.

Duggy747

My grandmother had it whom we took into our family house when I was growing up to look after her until she died. She was pretty big and mostly immobile so we didn't have to worry about her wandering off but it took a hell of a lot of work to look after her for those couple of years.

Every day that went by she just became quieter and quieter and her ability to speak quickly vanished until overall, by the time she died, it was very much the case of the lights were on but nobody was home. She was completely in a vegetative state so mentally she was long, long gone before her body gave up.

Miserable end to her life, put a massive toll on us (enormous costs looking after her), the ensuing fight over the will and other horsehit between relations, but I suppose at least she had a somewhat dignified death by dying in our house as opposed to a nursing home / hospital away from family.

Rotten disease that strips who you are away and just leaves an empty shell.

I wonder how long he's being suffering from it.

cena

lkionm wrote: »

Except when the mother found out you dossed off mass to smoke fags.

No laughing matter when she is chasing you with a Hurley.

I don't smoke

As much as I've enjoyed a lot of Connery's work, is he really classed as one of the greats? Connery has a few iconic roles but no matter what role he plays its always Connery playing Connery. He has no real range and is atrocious when it comes to accents. He's also known for bring a dick who was abusive to women and those he worked with.

Insect Overlord

Insect Overlord wrote: »

That would be Parkinson's, not Alzheimer's.

The few people I know suffering from the disease do a lot of shaking and hitting out. Think it's due to the frustration and confusion they feel. As kids we quickly got used to avoiding our grandmothers leg which would often shoot out of nowhere.

Duggy747

Nobody could play an Egyptian with a Scottish accent like Sean Connery in Highlander :pac:

Anyways, check out this monstrosity of CGI in his Citroën advert:

LauraK85

lkionm wrote: »

I'm probably the least most self righteous person on after hours. I'm nothing but a gowl. I used to kill my sims by setting them on fire in the kitchen with no doors and would laugh when the fire brigade couldn't get in.

I've been skitting for the last five minutes at this!


Alzheimer's s an awful disease! I wish him and his family the best.

artanevilla

Any other sources for this story? Doesn't seem to be anywhere.

Royal.Baby

His backside in Entrapment was something else.

lkionm

LauraK85 wrote: »

I've been skitting for the last five minutes at this!


Alzheimer's s an awful disease! I wish him and his family the best.

It's times like these when I'm glad I don't have any children. I would end up holding it upside down at arms length and put it in the cupboard to shut it up.

Once was making small talk with a girl an her baby thing and I asked what was its name and how is it.

timthumbni

Deleted User wrote: »

As much as I've enjoyed a lot of Connery's work, is he really classed as one of the greats? Connery has a few iconic roles but no matter what role he plays its always Connery playing Connery. He has no real range and is atrocious when it comes to accents. He's also known for bring a dick who was abusive to women and those he worked with.

I wouldn't consider Connery to be an acting great but he did decent box office. As bond he was good obviously. The fact that he could keep his accent is a good thing. Liam neeson does the same thing.

I even loved connery in The Rock as it was so over the top it was very watchable.

theholyghost

A fine actor with real old star charisma. Didnt matter about his accent whether he was playing an arab or a cowboy you didnt notice. A true movie star in the old fashioned sense.

Sad to see him declining.

legrandemac

The fear and distress in their eyes is really the thing that gets me also. I'm dealing with it in my family everyday. What is horrible also is seeing someone with this disease gradually lose the ability to smile, when it turns into almost a permanent grimace, also when their vocabulary gets smaller and smaller and anger and frustration sets in.

I find it shameful that this disease is so badly presented in the public arena. It is so often presented as 'forgetting things disease' in the media etc.
Anyone who ever had to deal with it hands on, will know that is just the start of it, when it truly hits it is so much more distressing than most people can ever fathom. It is awful to see even once really good friends and family disappear or avoid it like the person has become a monster or something.

I truly feel for those that have it or have dealt with it head on daily and nightly, ....not so much the ones that have seen it for 2 mins, claim they know everything about it cos a family member/friend has it...when they actually have not the slighted idea what it is like to deal with it.

Rascasse

Just to point out that Bild is Germany's 'Sun', but worse. Michael Caine could have said anything and Bild could twist it into this. I'd wait on a reputable source before believing it.

meoklmrk91

I personally think Alzheimer's, Dementia, Huntingtons and Parkinsons are the worst diseases out there. Most people have been touched by Cancer and would class it as the worst illness as it is so devastating. I personally would take cancer any day of the week as opposed to the above diseases.

PrettyBoy

lkionm wrote: »

It's times like these when I'm glad I don't have any children. I would end up holding it upside down at arms length and put it in the cupboard to shut it up.

Once was making small talk with a girl an her baby thing and I asked what was its name and how is it.

the_syco

KKkitty wrote: »

2013 and still no cure for things like this. I can't imagine what the road ahead will be like for his family at all.

Maybe in 5 years

carraig2

I have made crass jokes before about Alzheimers and had a good laugh about it.
I have felt deeply ashamed reading the obvious anguish of the people posting here who are directly affected.
I apologise and I promise never to make fun of it again.

Caonima

Not sure how other people feel about it, but I thought his acting in the movie adaptation of Michael Crichton's 'Rising Sun' was great. I really enjoy that movie.