and it's really hard. but i just -- you know, i just have to maintain as long as i can and try to keep him healthy and happy. >> for more informtion on the i'll be me alzheimer's fund, go to ibmaf.org. on behalf of eli lilly and company, welcome to the special presentation of "glen campbell i'll be me." for nearly 140 years, lilly has been dedicated to making life better through our medicine. and for the last quarter century, we have been working to discover treatments for alzheimer's disease. we are making progress, but a breakthrough can't come soon enough. tonight, we're proud to partner with cnn to bring you this powerful film.

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>> who is that? >> it's you, honey. >> that's me there? >> that was you. >> that is me. i don't know which one i'm holding. >> debbie, your oldest daughter. >> is that debbie? debbie. ♪ i forgot. well, who is he? >> come on, you know who that is. it's you, honey. >> oh. it's a movie about you. >> no kidding. i'll be me. ♪ >> who is that?

>> that's billie. >> oh, it's my daughter. >> no, that's your second wife. >> billie. >> you were married for 16 years. you had kelly, travis and cane. >> oh, really? who is that? >> that's your third wife, sara and dylan -- and then you met me. >> she's a good looking girl. she still is. >> how many does this make now? >> that is six boys. now i have six boys, two girls. >> each? >> yeah. replenish the earth it says. you know? >> yeah, but not one person. >> mrs. campbell, how does it feel to be the mother of one of the finest recording stars in the country? >> well, we are proud of him and everything. but i'm still the same old carrie, still the same old

thing. >> what kind of boy was glen, mr. campbell? >> he was just a good old country boy. ♪ >> thank you so much. i guess i have a lot of people to thank for this, too. mainly folks in the cma and tommy smothers for giving me a chance to do a good country summer show. ♪ >> he really brought country into the mainstream. >> the record he got out is i guess one of the biggest records he's ever had. "rhinestone cowboy."

somebody told me it's on the way to sell 2 million copies of one record. >> that's the first number one record. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm glen campbell. ♪ ♪ >> in 1968, the entertainer of the year was glen campbell. ♪ >> are you a beach boy? can you sit in for brian williams? ♪ >> i know i haven't changed i don't think. like when you go back home, the people treat you so differently. >> he grew up dirt poor in

arkansas, learned music on a sears & row roebuck guitar and became one of the biggest recording stars of all time. a much sought after studio musician he recorded with frank sinatra, elvis to the beach boys. ♪ >> if "true grit" is as successful as everyone says he's going to be, we may be something going. ♪ >> the rhinestone cowboy himself, mr. glen campbell. [ imitating donald duck ].

>> people say, is there no end to this man's talents? >> is there no begin ing? >> you know what the date is today? the month, day and year. what month do you think this is? >> i -- what sit? i don't know. let's go look. >> what time of the year? are we in winter, spring, summer or fall? >> i don't worry about those things. >> don't worry about that. >> don't worry about them. >> all right. do you know the year. >> 1870, something like that. >> no, no, no. >> i don't pay attention to those things. but when it is needed i take care of that. >> how old are you now? >> i don't know, how old am i? ♪ >> i was born in 1936, 1949. >> 76. >> so you are 76 now. >> i know it. yeah, i'm 76.

>> do you know where you are right now? what's the name of this place? >> i don't know. >> what kind of a place is this? where have you come? >> obviously, i'm being analyzed for something. >> okay. so what kind of -- what is this? is there a hospital, medical facility? >> that's what it is, okay, right. >> who was the first president of the united states? can you go back to your school years? who was the first president? >> my goodness. i don't know. i don't use that very much lately. >> i'd like you to try to remember four words. okay. i'm going to give you four words. you try to remember them now. >> if, and, and but are my big ones. >> those are later. those are later. try to remember these four words, okay? >> okay. >> apple. >> apple.

>> mr. johnson. >> mr. johnson. >> charity. >> charity. >> and tunnel. >> item. >> can you give those back to me now? >> no. i have no use for it now. >> okay. >> i already passed it. >> they're gone already. okay. >> i can play guitar. >> you know how to do that. >> i have done it a few times. >> i imagine so. i never -- >> that's good. >> two injections. >> two injections. >> same stuff? >> nope. it's actually different material. it will get taken up differently in the brain. >> oh. but my brain is so smart. i was so bright my daddy called me son. gullible for silly things. >> silly things? >> did they stick that in me? >> yeah, you have a needle in there but there's no tube to it yet. >> all right.

now i'm going to have you rest quietly in here and in about 30 minutes i will come and get you then we will go for pictures. >> does that me you are knocking me out? >> no. i want you to rest quietly in here. i'm going to turn the lights out. ♪ i remember too distant battle ♪ ♪ and stars that fell out of the blue ♪ >> like the rain. >> huh? oh, the rain. >> stars fell like the rain. ♪ and the rain out of the blue when my life is through ♪ ♪ and the angels -- ♪ i remember -- >> what are you singing? ♪ and the angels ask me to recall a little ♪ >> i remember too i remember ♪ ♪ didn't you

>> this is your brain. >> wow. >> it's like you are looking straight at the camera. we are looking front on at the brain. this particular shot we're looking at this region of the brain. >> oh. >> because that's the part of the brain, among others, that's involved with memory. >> that butterfly in there on purpose? >> the butterfly is sort of water space in the brain. it is like where ventricles, where the spinal fluid is, okay. so right in here is the structure called the hippocampus. that is vital for memory. unfortunately, in alzheimer's disease, it starts to shrink. we can see here on this m.r. scan that yours is smaller than it used to be. it used to occupy this whole space, but now it's considerably smaller. this is what we call atrophy.

if we look at the bottom pictures here, the ones with the blue background, if the brain pattern was normal, it would be solid dark blue, like this color in here. so things in that part of the brain are not working quite normally. >> hmm. >> this indicates in all likelihood your difficulties are due to alzheimer's disease. >> hmm. >> this is -- we are able to do that now. this is a fairly sophisticated new test now that tells us that is the likely underlying cause. >> i figured that was just getting the ones out that i don't really want or need. >> trying to forget things you don't need anymore. trying to clear out the mind a bit. >> yeah. >> well, i do. i forget them. >> i knew it was alzheimer's, but it's more solidly in my mind now that i have to accept it. it's really hard. but i just -- you know, i just

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[ applause ] when i first heard the word "dementia," the reaction was first sympathy, empathy, but also as a businessman, wow, what's this going to mean? what about the tour? is that going to be viable? >> we got the diagnosis of alzheimer's about the same time as "ghost on the campus" is being released which is a fabulous, fabulous piece and, you know, we wanted to go out and promote it. that was part of our responsibility, you know, we

wanted to promote it with the record company and with jillian. >> suffering with this disease that he has, i mean, if he didn't have the kind of pitch that he has, the perfect pitch. if he was half of the musician that he is, i don't think -- i don't know how he would pull this off. >> ready? this is what we're going to do. >> wait a minute. >> the new songs might be a little bit of a challenge because they are new and it's a little harder for him to learn new songs. but we're drilling them in his head every day. he is practicing with the lyrics. >> that's one of our biggest problems. glen has become unrehearsible. it's like a sound check. he can't get through without stopping and telling someone how to play their instrument or that they're playing too loud. >> wait a minute! >> i wanted to -- >> what time is it? >> 4:00. you go on in 45 minutes. >> there's your coffee. be careful. i don't know how hot that is.

>> today is glen's first television performance since the release of the new record and since the diagnosis of alzheimer's. >> see that circle? it's important that you don't go outside that circle. the cameras -- >> yeah. i'll stand where i want to. stand where i want to. >> you can't step outside of the line. >> you got it. ♪ >> what's your biggest fear about this show today? >> that he can't do it. >> swlee about the tour? >> it would be hard to continue to do things. >> my next guest is an american icon. he's won five grammy awards,

seven country music awards and three american music awards, sold over 50 million records worldwide. he recently went public with the fact that he had been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, and he's written his final record as a tribute to his life. tonight he's going to be joined by threef his kids two perform two songs from "ghost on the canvas," please welcome the legendary glen campbell. [ applause ] >> i am happy to be here. ♪ i've tried and i have failed lord ♪ ♪ i've won and i have lost ♪ i've lived and i have loved lord ♪ ♪ sometimes at such a cost ♪ but you know what one thing is an unknown this old world has been good to

me ♪ ♪ a better place awaits you'll see ♪ ♪ some days i'm in confusion my past gets in my way ♪ ♪ i need the ones i love lord more and more each day ♪ ♪ but you know what one thing i know this old world has been good to me ♪ ♪ a better place you'll see, you'll see ♪

♪ ooh a better place i got through it! >> glen campbell! >> hi, buddy. good job. >> god bless you. that was great. that was lovely. that was wonderful. >> thank you, all. >> you are one of those guys that just impacted a lot of people. >> well, thank you. >> you know, it's just such a great song. like the great american song book and you are part of it. thank you. >> you are okay. >> we love having you. you're always welcome. you have been here many times and anytime you want to come we are always here. thank you, my friend. >> thank you. god bless you. >> you have a beautiful family, so congratulations. if that daughter wants to come back without you, that's fine. >> watch them all. put them to work.

>> that's the way to do it. >> thank you so much. thanks you guys. >> oh, there's definitely some woo-woo in there. >> hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. >> you know when you do a major city like new york or l.a., they are always important shows because all of the critics come and you want to put your best foot forward. >> maybe in his current readiness when he connects to something that he's been doing for so long or just brings him the most joy, i think that then he actually becomes himself again. >> it really is fun. the most incredible setup that i have ever been in with the kids and my wife and playing with the kids in the band. it really is fun. >> it's not all bad necessarily.

it's kind of like we get to celebrate his life while he's still around. you know, we don't have to -- some people we don't get to see the full picture of what their life has been until they are gone. with this illness, we know that the end is kind of near, at least for his career and kind of celebrate it and enjoy it with him still with us. >> there's a risk that he could undermine people's respect for him. >> the bass is just too late. turn it down. >> there is a big musical challenge in this kind of show that most musicians don't have

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>> god bless you, thanks. whoa! ♪ thank you. whoo! thank you very much. god bless. i really appreciated it. ♪ just knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk ♪ ♪ it makes me -- you got this here? what is that -- that verse? you have to have one of those

things to me. i forgot everything i learned. [ laughter ] i thought we had to sing. i forgot where a-flat was, man. >> unfortunately, i -- >> ready to go? >> at the top of the show, seriously -- >> our teleprompter went out. >> i was wondering where it was. has anybody here got -- what you call it? [ laughter ] >> hold on. hold on. >> what? >> we're going to pull it up. >> okay. >> is it working? ♪ there we go! yay! [ applause ] ♪ it's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk ♪ ♪ that makes me believe my

try a little kindness. that thing has got this long i go radar solo in it. well, he's reading the teleprompter because -- he's pretty much reading the teleprompter for every song. he goes, he said, "glen, play along, guitar solo here." okay. >> i'll play one now. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ well, you've got to try a little kindness show a little kindness ♪ ♪ track your lot for everyone to see ♪ ♪ and if you try a little kindness then you overlook the blindness of narrow minded people on their narrow minded streets ♪ play for it. ♪ all the narrow minded people on their narrow minded streets ♪ >> i don't know if the world knows what a great guitar player

glen campbell is. they should. if you go back and watch his tv shows and listen to those records and, you know, a lot of those records he played on the liner notes didn't say glen campbell played on those beach boys records. but he did. >> so many blessings tied up in this. think about what is doing on with glen and the gift he's giving and the gift he's receiving and how he is touching people's lives and how many people who are going through this with their family members feel so seen because he's opening up such a conversation. >> here's somebody with one of the greatest gifts god ever put into somebody. at the end of the day, it hasn't taken that gift away from him. >> here, i go around now -- i walk into -- in the kitchen to get something, right. i go and said, now, what did i come in here for? [ laughter ] i stopped it. i quit going in to the kitchen. >> it's amazing to see him be vulnerable. you know, our culture doesn't really encourage us to do that very much.

i don't know if i would be able to make the decision to be that vulnerable. >> do you want to introduce me -- who are these people up here? oh, yeah, there they are. okay. this is my -- over there. yeah, my kids and friends and whoever else is here. >> hi. >> my darling. >> just me, dad. >> introduce me. >> i have. i got it right here. i had to write it down or you would have got it first. >> you are funny. >> anyway -- >> how about we just play a song? >> my daughter ashley campbell. she plays banjo, sings, guitars. [ applause ] >> you want me to introduce everybody now? >> we're going to do that later. we will introduce the band later. how about we duel a little bit?

>> all right. ready? >> of course. i was born ready. ♪ >> that wasn't exactly the glen campbell that we had known but he still was. so he wanted to sing "wichita lineman" twice. who gives a rat's ass? let him sing it twice. but he walked out and played his heart out and the crowd loved it. ♪

>> i sat there at the ryman last night and i cried and i laughed and i learned. he's still glen campbell. ♪ ♪ ♪

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you sing lead -- >> yeah? ♪ sing the blues >> there you go. ♪ i got a feeling called the blues oh ♪ ♪ since my baby said good-bye >> there you go. >> traveling on the bus with the entire crew, the band, everybody, thank god we all like each other. ♪ >> makes me feel like family. we share holidays and whatever.

it is a family vibe. they've accepted us, jill, myself, our son, aaron. he and aaron get along really well. a lot of people think that aaron is possibly his grandson. they actually just -- just part of the road family. >> we have a strong relationship. we've been together so long he barely forgets me. the nickname he calls me now is whistle britches. it's the only name he remembers. ♪ nothing but the whole wide world to gain nothing nothing ♪ ♪ nothing but the whole wide world to gain nothing nothing ♪ ♪ got nothing but the whole wide whole wide world to gain ♪ ♪ i'm here on the blacktop sun in my eyes ♪

♪ women and country on my mind ♪ both turned me up over the borderline ♪ ♪ there's no more love lost no more games ♪ ♪ no more digging holes of graves nothing to lose but change ♪ ♪ got nothing but the whole world to gain ♪ >> but a show last night. i'd like to have a diagram that showed where you were every second because you were all over. >> a little too busy. >> that's what betsy ross said -- >> when she was fixing to play. too busy. ♪ no rich man's worth his weight in love ♪

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look over there. >> during the course of tour, we would have a few weeks here, a few days there where we would get back from malibu and try to enjoy a normal life. >> play the piano for me. open and close. >> i'm a guitar player. >> i can see. open and close your hands. come on. >> we're still dealing with the little things every day that are so difficult for glen like where's the bathroom in your own home and -- every second is a challenge for him. >> i thought we'd start by asking how you feel and how you think you're doing. >> i just thank the lord for giving me a good -- what do you call it? >> pretty good health? >> yeah. you know, there ain't nothing wrong with me. i can still jump as high, but i can't stay up as long, though. >> his coordination seems pretty

good? >> uh-huh. >> he's doing buttons or shaving, those sorts of things? >> yeah. he's doing really well. >> what about the bathroom habit? is that under control more or less? >> yeah. in fact, there were more problems with that a year ago. >> i remember -- that resolved? >> it resolved. stopped. >> what? >> you were -- you were i think getting disoriented in the middle of the night -- >> when? >> about a year ago in our bedroom. i would get up in the middle of the night and pee in the corner. or we'd number a hotel room, and you'd go into the bathroom -- >> that was when i was drinking. >> no. there might be a trash can next to the toilet, and you would pee in the trash can instead of the toilet. >> i -- honey, i sleepwalked is what that's called. i would. if i didn't -- if i didn't trip over it, it was -- it was a good -- good gosh, i'm --

>> when's the last time glen performed before an audience? >> when? yesterday? when was that? >> i think it was saturday night. >> where was that? >> you're going to be seeing me next. okay. we were in pennsylvania. we were in morris during -- no, wait. shipens -- shippensburg, pennsylvania. >> generally would you see he's doing well and -- >> very good. he is enjoying it -- >> performance -- >> really having a good time on stage. >> so there has been some decline. the way glen presents himself? excellent. bright, alert, interacts well, communicates well. >> uh-huh. >> and where i am surprised is how preserved glen is. how able he is to perform. how able he is to communicate

and to interact. i think he is doing much better than most people. you are maintaining your intellectual activity because you're doing the stuff that you love to do, and you're performing. >> that is true. >> and i feel confident that that's a large reason that you're doing as well as you're doing. because your memory did decline somewhat since i saw you the last time, that's the reason we're going boost the dose of your aricept and see if that helps. there is data to suggest he might get a bit of a cognitive boost from a stronger dose of aricept. >> might help your thinking, make it sharper. >> i've been trying to get rid of it for the last 40 years. >> you're doing a good job. i definitely think there are parts of glen's life that he would like to forget. and that -- i think that's why he had an alcohol problem when i first met him. i think he was drinking to forget the pain of divorces and

maybe the guilt of the children that were involved in those divorces. he felt really bad he wasn't there to be a father for them. ♪ >> i think today when you get a diagnosis like alzheimer's, it scares people. but if you think of it like people used to think of it, before you ever heard of alzheimer's, like old grandpa is getting forgetful. >> right. starting to lose the memory a little bit. >> that's part of life, you know. go with it. and have fun with it. laugh at yourself. right? ♪

♪ golden sails across the sky close enough to touch ♪ ♪ careful if we try that's gold ♪ ♪ the moon's a harsh mistress the moon can be so cold ♪ ♪ once it shined good lord it felt so fine ♪ elvis would have done it.

♪ ♪ then the darkness fell [ laughter ] ♪ the moon's a harsh mistress i remember well ♪ [ applause ] ♪ ♪ i fell out of her heart i fell down on my face ♪ ♪ i tripped >> he's left his mark in the music industry time and time again and will continue to. and he's continuing to do it now again in the latter part of his life. i find that to be so inspiring.

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there's a real -- it's a high lonesome tonality about the way he sings, but there's a cry in his voice that just -- it totally affected me. i really wished i could sing like that when i was younger. ♪ i am a lineman for the county and i drive the main roads ♪ >> i grew up singing them. i sang so many of them over the years. you had to. you covered those growing up where i did. ♪ i hear you singing in the wires ♪ >> we always kind of fight for respect a little bit as country players. and here is a guy that played on these records that he could stand toe to toe with anybody. ♪ >> this is how many sides of glen people either don't know or have forgotten.

they sort of -- so many people know him as the rhinestone cowboy guy or whatever song they might attach to glen. and then you start going back into his career and you find this incredible session played and then you find a guy who was hosting one of the most popular tv shows at the time. i mean, and it goes on and on and on as an extraordinarily talented, diverse human being. >> from television city in hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, glen campbell. >> well, i was a young writer on "the glen campbell good time hour." and we all just immediately admired his talent. ♪ he just went along with it. he was completely game and completely fun. and he had kind of a down home sense of humor.

♪ my home is on my back ♪ i know every inch of highway every back road every mile of railroad track ♪ >> it was just such an incredible treat for us young writers to be introduced to that level of talent at such a young age. >> i haven't figured out what the -- what is that? i can't remember what it is. >> it's a lifetime achievement award. >> lifetime -- you reckon -- >> right. >> lifetime? >> yeah. >> well, hey, i ain't done yet. >> yeah. tell them that. >> glen campbell is such an important part of our family. my dad was working for an independent book and record promoter back in the day. through the years, they became really good friends and around '67, '68, my dad went independent and glen said, hey,

we want to put you on retainer, if we have a hit, we'll be with you forever. there were times where the only check that month was from glen campbell. so that will always mean the world to me. ♪ >> huge venue television audience, television cameras. a band twice as big. it might be off putting. ♪ ♪ summer night >> man, what a cool -- what a cool entertainer, man, just everything that i'm trying to be with music and now somehow television and stuff, glen

campbell was the inventor of that for country music in my eyes, you know? >> it's a big deal to come and sing this for him? >> big deal to -- you know, it's a big deal to sing it for him. it's a way bigger deal for me to sing it with him. i mean, i think when my career is over, one of these days, that this is going to be one of those moments i look back at and point at as one of the high points, you know? >> beautiful singing voice, that pure tone. and the simple presentation. he was never fancy, he wasn't singing all over the place. it was simple on the surface, but there was a world of emotion underneath. >> i always felt like he was just like the major leagues, five tool player, you know? you could act, he was good looking, he could play guitar and he could sing, he could write a song. you kind of hated him a little bit for that.

>> how do you feel about playing tonight? >> wonderful. am i playing tonight? >> glen campbell has been making music history for decades. and he still is. he took country music to new heights and became a global superstar. not just on the radio, but in movies and tv, too. last year, glen announced that he was facing alzheimer's disease and he would cap his brilliant career with one more album and a farewell tour. >> teleprompter is way out in the middle of the room. >> what? >> teleprompter. >> in where? >> tonight when you sing. it's way out in the middle of the room. >> oh, really? >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the great glen campbell, everybody. ♪ i've been walking these streets so long singing some

good old song ♪ ♪ i know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of broadway ♪ thank you. ♪ you know where hustle is the name of the game and nice guys got runned over by the cloak in the rain ♪ ♪ there's been a load of compromising on the road to my horizon ♪ ♪ but i'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me ♪ ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy getting cards and letters from people i don't even know ♪ ♪ ♪ and over the phone ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy and cowgirl ♪

thank y'all. thank y'all! thank y'all so much. where do i go? do i go somewhere or shut up? >> i was -- i was rocking to "rhinestone cowboy." ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy ♪ so cool. so good. i just have to come and tell you i love you. that's all. >> well, god bless you, man. i really appreciate it. bill have you seen my keys anywhere?

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>> yesterday, we went to the doctor and the dentist and he probably asked me 40 or 50 times where we're going. and i tell him and probably 15, 20 seconds, 30 seconds later, he asked me again. >> coffee. >> hey, baby, here's your coffee. >> my coffee. >> he likes to drink out of a big cup. >> good morning, glen campbell. >> you see that? >> yeah, grammy. >> i know. >> i'm at the point now where i have to help him with the club. i would say what yard -- he would take his club out. now he stares at the clubs most of the time. and i have to pick a club out for him. the good thing is, you know, he will get mad for a second but forget what shot he hit. whether it was good or bad. most of the time we say it was a good shot.

>> hey! how about that? >> good shot, glen. >> short. yeah, it is. >> so unfortunately, alzheimer's attacks all parts of the brain. and we would expect musical skills, together with other intellectual skills, to decline during the course of alzheimer's disease. >> oh, i hit that so hard. >> ultimately, what happens is that the patients no longer have the cognitive capacity to understand what is being spoken to them. as things get worse, they start to forget the names of family members. they become confused about family and social relationships. as things really deteriorate,

language function can be profoundly impaired. the patients have difficulty expressing themselves. on occasion, patients, when they progress, when they develop hallucinations or delusions and unfortunately glen is entering a stage where his cognition is getting worse. how is it possible that he could be so able in his musical skills? >> in glen's case, he still has such a developed music area in his brain that he's able to pull it off and entertain the public. somehow, that musical skill, that musical talent, if it's activated, can have a spreading effect and help their function globally in terms of their intellect. >> singing is a lot better than golfing. >> let's see. >> i want some shorts out of this. >> that's outdoor furniture fabric. >> well, i don't care. i know what it is. it would be glen campbell fabric when i wanted it.

>> yeah? >> that's right. >> too much. >> that's cool, honey. >> is that too busy? >> all right. so you want some shorts out of that, huh? >> yeah. i'd like to have some shorts out of that. >> well, i may be tempted to sit on you on the patio. ♪ >> okay. okay. when we went to dr. coleman's office, he said i'm going the double his aeracept and i think that might give him a boost. well, it did in a different area. it was like giving him viagra four times a day. he just would not leave me alone. so i called dr. cohen and he said, well, go back to the original dose. so we did. but we've been experimenting with, you know, things to deal with that libido, too. i don't know what's going on in that brain, but depending on how you look -- look at it, i guess, there's an upside to

alzheimer's. >> with alzheimer's, i think that's probably one of the worst things that people that have that, you know? and i think if we can -- if we can actually do -- get it out, what is wrong with that stuff, it's like it's just -- it would be a -- what an incredible blessing that would be if we could get -- get people to understand that and help the people who are, who do have alzheimer's. i think that would just be one of the greatest things in the world if that could happen. >> that came from your heart. that was you saying it, talking about it. >> do you ever get the blues? >> yeah. i do. >> we're going to the first floor.

>> guesstimates are by 2050, the number will rise from 36 million globally to 115 million alzheimer's patients around the globe. we're doing more for alzheimer's disease. it's so inspiring. >> last year we spent $140bol alzheimer's patients. by the time all the baby-boomers have retired, it's $15 million or $16 million which would raise the total cost up to $600 billion which would be the same as the defense budget this year. >> the more the public aware, and it's just a decision we have to make, the better off and the healthier america will be, especially in terms of alzheimer's. we could not be better served than glen campbell -- i mean, getting on stage and singing, that must be fun, right? coming to congressional office -- [ laughter ] >> that's really generous.

>> do you know where your playing tonight? >> the library of congress. >> that's right. >> you know, by the time i became governor in the late '70s, he was already a major figure in american music. and i knew that he was from the delight, which is close to where i grew up. he has brought a clarity to this issue. we don't spend nearly enough money on alzheimer's research. we don't really have any way of slowing the progression of the disease. it's going to be a massive problem and we just need to get a big majority of the congress on board with the idea that the federal research dollars are essential in the biomedical areas. they just are. you can't possibly get anything approaching the level investment

you need on a problem this big with companies trying to come up with a drug that will slow the march of alzheimer's or reverse it. this tour of his says here i am, here is what's happening to to me. i'm going out with a smile on my face and a song in my heart and i'm sharing it with you so you will know. you will know. that may be more of an enduring legacy than all the music he made. [ applause ] it's hard to believe you can book over

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>> an emotional moment in washington today where ashley campbell told senators where alzheimer's is doing to her father. that's because she happens to be the daughter of the legendary singer, glen campbell. >> i think a person's life is comprised of memories and that's exactly what this disease takes away from you. like a memory of my dad taking my fishing in flagstaff when i was a little girl or playing banjo with my dad while he plays guitar. now when i play banjo with my dad, it's getting harder for him to follow along. and it's getting harder for him to recall my name. it's hard to come to the

realization that someday my dad realization that some day my dad might look at me and i will be absolutely nothing to him. ♪ >> what are you doing? boo. count. ♪ 4 years old when you went upstairs to your bed ♪ ♪ thunder rolls and i tew the cover over my head ♪ ♪ you say it's just a storm enjoy the show ♪ ♪ you take me to the window and you show me that it's beautiful ♪ ♪ never had to ask you to sing for me it's just the way you put me at ease ♪

♪ bone for bone we are the same ♪ ♪ bones get tired and they can't carry all the weight ♪ ♪ we can talk until you can't even remember my name ♪ ♪ daddy don't you worry i'll do the remembering ♪ ♪ daddy don't you worry i'll do the remembering ♪ >> look here at daddy. say okey dokey papa. >> okey dokey. >> papa. >> papa. >> are you asking me? >> yeah. >> cal. our first child. cal. you're supposed to be saying it. >> you want to know who is the second of our children? >> yeah. just go right now.

>> cal. shannon. and -- >> what? >> cal, shannon and -- our daughter. ashley. ashley. ♪ >> that's when you most -- hey, son. you call everybody son. >> who is this, your dad? >> i have -- it was a long time ago. he called everybody son. hey, son. the guy. >> your dad, your grandpa? >> no, no, from -- in nashville. hey, haas. and i went to whatever that is and with him and -- >> i think i cried the first week. it got me.

it still does. so this was a man, my hero. had a mind like a steel trap. and to see him to the point that he can't remember my name, that got me. >> my father-in-law passed away from alzheimer's. we were like this. so i've seen it at any stage from that first day when suddenly somebody looks at something and goes, you know, what's this? and it's a lock and they don't -- you know, and then to where it snows overnight and how did that get here? what is that? >> my father passed away when he was 70. he was young. he was just 70 years old. the part of the brain that was affected at first was, you know, this is a white cup, but he couldn't say "it's a white cup."

he would say, maybe, "it's blake cup," or he couldn't get it out, and it really frustrated him. >> my mom didn't -- it didn't happen that way with her. but we did watch her go backwards through hr life. one night the was time to go to bed and my dad was in the king sized bed on his side and she was just like, oh, no, there's a man in there. my parents, they would never go for this. are you kidding me? i'm not going in there. >> i had a grandmother who is in the nursing home home now, doesn't know me. her mother died in a nursing home and didn't know her. >> it affects people differently. you know, it's not like one, oh, that's what it is. when it comes to the brain, parts of the brain, the memory loss, it's motor skills. >> at first, it would make me angry because he would not listen to me. don't do that. that's not polite.

don't lick your plate. here, take a piece of bread. leave me alone. he would fight me about it. >> i'm telling you, that's good, boy. wow. >> i would get angry and take my plate and i would go eat in the pantry on a little stool by myself. because i refused to look at him that way. >> my mom couldn't have a conversation even though she knew me. we would sit on the couch and watch tv and i would sit with her feet in my lap and pray. i would just pray for grace. >> but i think that's just part of my defense mechanism. i do not want to see him being an invalid. i don't want to see him degenerating, you know? i don't want to see glenn in that condition, you know? i think -- i think it's better to die from something else. >> my mother is young enough,

she's in her 60s now, but she's young enough that we don't have any signs of that yet, thank god. it's very good chance and then i'm probably next. so it's -- it's like let's figure this out, can you? i'm 41. figure this out before i'm 70, please. somebody find that gene and turn it off. you know, meeting the residents and i had a gentleman stop me and ask me if i made his dinner. he had lost his wife recently, but i didn't know that. he made a remark to me about not sure he wanted to be there anymore, but he said something to me that has stuck with me to this day. after having your dinner, i think i want to stick around a while and that really meant something to me.

i never had an experience like that and it just let me know that what i'm doing is much more important than just food. ♪ ♪virgin islands nice ♪ ♪so nice ♪ ♪so nice, so nice ♪ spend a few days in st. croix and return with a lifetime of experiences.

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my parents are both very strong believers. like every time i would go out of the house, he'd say something along the lines of, "you be good and honor the lord." >> i know god is always with us. and god allows things to happen for whatever reasons we don't understand his ways. god has given me strength to face each day. i just trust him for the rest of our journey. the bible says a merry heart works like a good medicine. and bitterness is like dryness to the bone. so it's just healthy all the way around to keep a merry heart. you'll be healthy and not just to fight alzheimer's but to fight anything you're up against, if you could keep a good sense of humor. need to get you in and out of

the shower for the show. you've got a show to do. we've got to get you in and out of the shower. >> yeah. >> yeah. let's go. >> i've done this -- >> no, no. it's really hard to get him to take a shower because he's always cold. i say he's like king david. king david in the bible -- in his older years, he just could not stay warm. they got him a young virjtown sleep with him. -- virgin to sleep with him. that's not happening. >> did you get to it? >>ee. >> everybody leave me alone -- >> i ain't bothering you. but i will.

>> what you need do is go to the dentist down the street and have him fix it. >> no! and i ain't going do it either! i don't want it there -- >> those things are frustrating for me because i try to help him, but there's something in his mind that i'm not doing right. and he can't do it. then he gets frustrated and angry. >> i'm telling you, man -- >> you just had a knife in your mouth on the bus a few minutes ago. >> i did not! >> yes, you did! >> i didn't do nothing -- i would have had it done by now. it's driving me nuts! >> okay. >> you -- you don't know understand. you can see it, can you? >> yes. >> look. i know where it is.

>> i know. >> he went upstairs and my mom went upstairs with him and he wouldn't let it go. all of a sudden, he just dropped it. and he came back downstairs a couple minutes later, and he goes, when did you get here? hi, honey. how are you? and he hugged me and he was lovey dovey and he's like, boy, i'm tired. i'm going to go to bed. man, it's like forgiveness without reconciliation. >> okay, who are their names? >> my son, you -- >> what's my name? >> my wife. you're my darling. >> this is not a fun illness. it's a really challenging illness for people to deal with every moment of their life.

he can't find the bathroom in his own house. and the other night, he -- he came to bed in the middle of the night. the light was shining on the white bed, but down on the floor beneath, he would not wouldn't walk over there because he said there was a hole. and i said, no, no, trust me, you can walk over here. just keep coming, you know? every day is a challenge for me. i fight depression and it's -- it's just, you know, really intensely sad to see somebody you love struggle. because generally he clings to me like i'm his anchor for who am i, where am i? i'm his safety blanket that he wants me around all the time. okay, sweetheart, i promise we'll get -- we'll find them all. we'll get them back on the bed where you left them.

>> what? >> they're right there. they're right next to the bed. now, if you go on -- on all the websites about alzheimer's, there is very typical. they become paranoid and they think people are stealing from them. >> he's had them for -- i got two -- that was a scary day with the golf clubs. he had become really agitated and was accusing daunte of stealing his clubs. >> where is he? >> it makes me hurt for him to see him so frustrated and just to see what's happening to him. >> i love you. >> i love you, honey. >> i know you do, baby. but i sure -- i sure love you. you're sure being nice to me. >> i love you. >> i'm really a [ expletive ]. this last half of a week.

>> after chicago, the frequency of bad shows had begun to increase. and we wanted to end on a high note. and we wanted to protect, you know, what he would want. >> napa is the last calendar date of the tour. so we don't know. this could be it. >> could be it. >> of all the shows that he's played, he's played thousands and thousands of shows. i thought, man, it's so sad that he -- he doesn't know this is his last show. >> before it was does he want to do it. and now i think we've reached a point where i think he's unable to do it. he's not capable now. >> he's got to have a jacket to match his hat. the camouflage one. >> awesome. >> like the way his memories are, it's dimming and this whole thing is coming to an end, but it won't be like fireworks going off and everything else.

it's not like a banner is going to come down. but the light is starting to get smaller and smaller with us being on tour. kind of apropos.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] thank you, nap acalifornina. i appreciate it. ♪ >> i'm glen campbell, and i'm -- [ cheers ] >> -- god bless you. of course, as long as i've been

around, i'm happy to be anywhere. but to come here and to play, it makes my hair itch. it really does, you know, when your hair raises up? you ever have that happen? and it just -- ♪ it's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk ♪ ♪ that makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up behind your couch ♪ yeah. ♪ well, i just might hey, who's running this thing ♪ okay ♪ that you're moving on the back road by the rivers of my memory ♪

♪ and for hours you're just sitting on my mind ♪ way too much. light winds. ♪ too thin. way too thin. ♪ ♪ we've got to have some treble on out here. this is really terrible. there. thank you. >> that was a really difficult day. that was a difficult leading up to the show. it was really stressful and difficult. that night was really, really, really, hard, you know? and we just knew -- we just knew, this is it. we were going home for the christmas break and that we were not going to add more -- more shows after that. >> the entire time the audience was completely with him. even though, from my point of view, half of it was a train wreck. you know. once again, i just -- you let go. it's out of your control, you know. ♪ it feels so good, friends

♪ life feels good stop this world from biting ♪ ♪ nothing can la, la ♪ da, da, da da, da, da, da ♪ have you ever finished summer nights ♪ ♪ you just throw in the night ♪ lordy, i just love them summer nights here in napa california ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

>> whoo! thank y'all so much. y'all are just awesome. >> i know there -- there may be people would don't understand why we've gone out on tour and why we've opened ourselves up and exposed this illness so publicly, why we've allowed a loved one to -- to go on stage and take a risk of, you know, he could make a fool out of himself on stage. but it's something that he wanted to do and it's something that we think is healthy for him. and it's been worth the risk because he's done a great job. and he's still glen campbell and he's trying to live his life as long as he can to its fullest. we haven't let it go to the point where he's going to embarrass himself or -- or anyone.

and the fans have been so supportive, we've been listening to them, too. they want him out there. they want to hear him music and they don't care if he messes up. you know, they love him. and he loves them. so we've tried to do it as long as we can. >> it's still happened enough times where at least everyone felt good about the decision to end the tour officially. >> the fact that you can still have the moments with him, you know, you can't really beat that. and just cherish every moment. >> i'll never forget. it was the best time of my life. there's more than one route to the top. the 2016 lexus ls and the new lx. each offering leading-edge comfort, safety and performance technologies. the ultimate in refinement meets the ultimate in capability.

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♪ i will love until the end nice, top again? >> it's gotten to the point where he doesn't know what we're talking about. doesn't matter what the conversation is. he just does not understand. he understands music. i think with glen, music is the last thing to go. the most deeply embedded thing in his memory, in his soul and spirit. >> okay. i like it. >> to me, that's -- glen is returning, you know? just something in his spirit and the twinkle of his eye and the way he enjoys the music. just reminds me of the way he really is. you know, the way he was when i met him. ♪ i'm still here -- one. ♪ i'm still here --

>> i think we got it, howard. we're good. >> we got the line we need. that's to learn the chorus. >> all right, guys, you want to play? >> uh-huh. >> okay. same tune? >> yeah. same tune. ♪ i'm still, but yet i'm gone ♪ i don't play guitar or sing my song ♪ ♪ they never define who i am the man that loves you till the end ♪

♪ you're the last person i will love ♪ ♪ you're the last place i will recall ♪ ♪ and best of all i'm not gonna miss you ♪ ♪ not gonna miss you ♪ i'm never gonna hold you like i did or say i love you to the kids ♪

♪ you're never gonna see it in my eyes it's not gonna hurt me when you cry ♪ ♪ i'm never gonna know what you go through ♪ ♪ all the things i say or do all the hurt and all the pain one thing selfishly remains ♪ ♪ i'm not gonna miss you i'm not gonna miss you ♪ >> how is the alzheimer's coming along, glen?

>> how is the what is? >> alzheimer's. >> oh, that's fine, yeah. i gave them a left hook. i just -- it's nothing wrong with me. i just can't remember anything. no, i've been a lot better. it don't -- it don't bother me. something you've got to live with. but it's been really wonderful. actually, hasn't it, lonnie? >> yeah. you're doing a great thing by doing this film. >> well, if i did, thank you. thank you for it. you're -- i'm glad i run into you. or you run into me. ♪

[ applause ] i'm ron peterson, director of the mayo clinic alzheimer's disease research center in rochester, minnesota. i'd like to thank the campbell family, glen, kim, ashley, shannon, and cal, for their courage in sharing their journey through alzheimer's disease with us in this inspiring movie. it's an exciting time to be involved in research and care for persons with alzheimer's disease. the scientific community is at a threshold of making significant

progress toward a cure. we are now able to identify the earliest features of the disease and also determine who might be at risk of alzheimer's disease even before the development of symptoms. research is underway to develop treatment that may alter the progression of this devastating disease and, consequently, early identification is of paramount important. as therapies are developed, the sooner we intervene, the more likely we are to be successful at treating and ultimately preventing alzheimer's disease. i'd like to thank you for watching the film and appreciate your support in the quest to conquer alzheimer's disease. i think a person's life is comprised of memories. that's exactly what this disease takes away from you. it's hard to come to the realization that someday my dad

might look at me, and i will be absolutely nothing to him. >> a lot of times when the movie's over, people ask, what can i do, what are we going to do now. as filmmakers, that's what we ask ourselves. and in honor of glen and in the spirit of the film, we've launched the "i'll be me alzheimer's fund" in partnership with the volunteers of america. [ applause ] >> our goal is to restore the spirit of the caregiver. that's one. we're going to try and raise money to find a cure. and we're going to also create events like tonight's films and concerts to raise money for those in need. >> i knew it was alzheimer's, but it's more solidly in my mind now that i have to accept it. and it's really hard.

but i just -- you know, i just have to maintain as long as i can and try to keep him healthy and happy. >> for more information on the i'll be me alzheimer's fund, go to ibmaf.org. this is the story of one man, one chef, and a city. also it's about france and a lot of other chefs. and a culinary tradition that grew up to change the world of gastronomy. it's about a family tree, about the trunk from which many branches grew. it's about food, lots of food. great food. some of the greatest food on earth. ♪