Glen Campbell Moved Into A Care Facility

Three years after an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, Glen Campbell is now in a care facility.

“He was moved to an Alzheimer’s facility last week,” a family friend [reported]. “I’m not sure what the permanent plan is for him yet. We’ll know more next week.”

The singer, whose “Rhinestone Cowboy” topped the charts in 1975, had been suffering from short-term memory loss in recent years. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in early 2011.

The 78-year-old Grammy winner and his wife Kim initially shared the news of his illness back in 2011 because he’d hoped to give a series of goodbye concerts, in conjunction with an album “Ghost on the Canvas,” which was released later that year.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.