GENA ROWLANDS : The Screen Legend Has Alzheimer's
Closer US|July 15, 2024
She gave a heart-wrenching performance as a woman with Alzheimer's disease in the beloved romantic drama The Notebook.
GENA ROWLANDS : The Screen Legend Has Alzheimer's

Now, 20 years later, Gena Rolands is sadly struggling with the same illness. "She's in full dementia," her son, Nick Cassavetes, who directed Gena in the film, told Entertainment Weekly. "It's so crazy- we lived it, she acted it, and now it's on us."

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