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Alan Alda says his face blindness made him not recognize his daughter: 'I don't think she was too happy'

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Alan Alda is opening up about the time he didn't recognize his own daughter due to a condition he'd later come to find out was prosopagnosia, or face blindness.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Alan Alda is opening up about the time he didn't recognize his own daughter due to a condition he'd later come to find out was prosopagnosia, or face blindness. At the time, he told CBS This Morning he decided to reveal his diagnosis after noticing his "thumb twitch" during some recent TV appearances to promote his podcast, Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda. Speaking with PEOPLE more recently, Alda gave an update on his condition, telling the outlet, “I don’t have dexterity with my fingers the way I used to, so sometimes [my wife, Arlene] has to tear a package open for me,” he said.

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