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Lisa McLoughlin

Gena Rowlands, who played character with Alzheimer's in The Notebook, has disease herself, reveals film's director

The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for the past five years, according to her son, director and actor Nick Cassavetes.

The 2004 movie classic, directed by Cassavetes, features Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall deeply in love despite facing obstacles of wealth and social class.

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