“By acting out your dreams, I mean I was having a dream that somebody was attacking me and I threw a sack of potatoes at them,” Mr. Alda, 82, said in the interview. [Read the article about Parkinson’s disease by Jane E. Brody here]Mr. Alda said he was also speaking out to reassure people that they do not have to be fearful after a diagnosis. Mr. Alda goes boxing three times a week, plays tennis and marches to John Philip Sousa music. “Marching to march music is good for Parkinson’s,” he explained. Mr. Alda was not trying to belittle people who have severe symptoms, he added.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2018 14:48 UTC