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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Nardine Saad

It took Neil Diamond years to accept his Parkinson's diagnosis: 'I'm still doing it'

Years after revealing his Parkinson's disease diagnosis, rock legend Neil Diamond is opening up about life with the degenerative brain disorder.

In the upcoming "CBS Sunday Morning" interview, the 82-year-old "Sweet Caroline" crooner reveals that he wasn't ready to accept his diagnosis for at least a year or two.

"I'm still doing it. And I don't like it," Diamond told correspondent Anthony Mason. "But … this is me; this is what I have to accept. And I'm willing to do it. And, OK, so this is the hand that God's given me and I have to make the best of it, and so I am. I am."

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