In an interview that will appear this weekend on CBS Sunday Morning, the “Hello Again” singer, 82, says it has only been “in the last few weeks” that he has accepted his diagnosis, which he initially revealed in 2018.
“And I enjoy it. I find that I like myself better. I’m easier on people and myself, and the beat keeps going, and it will continue long after I’m gone.”
The musician quit touring five years ago, but that hasn’t stopped him from communicating with his passionate followers.
“I’m still doing it,” he says in the interview. “But this is me; this is what I must accept.” “And I’m willing to do it, and, OK, so this is the hand that God has dealt me, and I have to make the best of it, and I am.” Read more below
