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Gena Rowlands’ ‘Mind Had Been Wiped Clean’ Before ‘The Notebook’ Star’s Death at Age 94
Gena Rowlands suffered the same fate at the end of her life her character in the movie 'The Notebook' endured, a source exclusively reveals to Closer.
Get back to the In a heartbreaking twist of fate, Hollywood legend Gena Rowlands went to her grave ravaged by the same brain-wasting disease that robbed her most famous character of her memories! The actress died at 94 after a long, debilitating battle with Alzheimer’s disease, barely able to recognize her closest friends and family near the end. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesIn the movie, a fellow nursing home resident, played by James Garner, reads to her a love story she had written down in a notebook about the husband she no longer recognizes.
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