Legendary newsreader Jon Snow has revealed that he is battling Alzheimer’s.
Jon, who was Channel 4’s longest serving newsreader, has been privately battling the disease for years.
Jon has Alzheimers (Credit: CoverImages)
Jon Snow reveals Alzheimer’s battle
In a new interview with the Daily Mail, Jon, 78, revealed that he’s been battling the devastating disease for the past four years.
Jon left his post on Channel 4 back in 2021, and his wife, Dr. Precious Lunga, revealed that his deterioration was almost immediate, with the legendary broadcaster falling into depression.
For the first year after his retirement, Precious believed the changes in her husband were down to his depression, or something else. However, alarm bells went off when, a year after he retired, Jon woke up one morning saying he was late for work. When she reminded him that he no longer worked for the channel, she revealed he looked “crushed”.
“Friends kept asking me if Jon was alright, and I would have to lie and say he’s fine, but I knew he wasn’t,” Precious said.
She also revealed that friends would ring up to speak to the star, but he would later forget that they’d called.
Jon was reluctant to see a doctor at first (Credit: Splash News)
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