Country music star gives emotional speech on stage after incurable disease diagnosis
While on stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alan Jackson delivered a heartfelt speech to the crowd.
'Y'all may have heard that I'm kinda winding downing, and in fact this is my last road show of my career,' Jackson told the audience.
'Y'all gonna make me tear up out here. But I will say, this is my last road show out here, but we're planning on doing a big finale show in Nashville next summer sometime. It just felt like I had to end it all where it all started. And that's in Nashville, Tennessee — Music City,' Jackson continued, adding, 'so I gotta do the last one there.'
In September 2021, Jackson revealed his diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare chronic illness that affects the nerves that control muscle movement, according to the Cleveland Clinic. It's a condition that usually affects how someone feels in their feet and hands. The disease is not curable, but physical therapy and assistive devices or shoes can be used as treatments.
Jackson addressed the diagnosis during an interview on NBC's 'Today' in 2021.
'I have this neuropathy and neurological disease,' Jackson said during the interview. 'It's genetic that I inherited from my daddy...There's no cure for it, but it's been affecting me for years. And it's getting more and more obvious. And I know I'm stumbling around on stage. And now I'm having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so I just feel very uncomfortable.'
'It's not going to kill me. It's not deadly. But it's related (to) muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease,' he added.
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