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Brittany Snow Opens Up About Her Dad's Alzheimer's Diagnosis: 'He Was My Best Friend'

‘Pitch Perfect’ alum Brittany Snow opens up about how her relationship with her dad has changed since his Alzheimer's diagnosis, and how grieving has been a "slow process."

Brittany Snow says her father John has Alzheimer’s disease, sharing that grieving is “a slow process” as he was her “best friend.” “To have the gift of grieving it in a slow process has been really beautiful,” said Snow, who recently costarred with Nick Jonas in the drama The Good Half as siblings confronting their grief after their mother’s death. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, with the explaining it's caused by a "combination of age-related changes in the brain, along with genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors."

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