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Gena Rowlands Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s Disease

The celebrated actress Gena Rowlands has been battling Alzheimer's disease for several years, her son, Nick Cassavetes, revealed.

Rowlands’ son, the director and actor Nick Cassavetes, revealed the news while speaking with Entertainment Weekly about the 20th anniversary of his film, The Notebook. Rowlands was twice nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars for her performances in A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria; she eventually received an Honorary Academy Award in 2015. She ultimately won three Emmys for her work on the miniseries The Betty Ford Story(1987), Face of a Stranger(1992), and Hysterical Blindness(2003).

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