And the camera noses in to the tears on his face: Glen Campbell diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 4 July 2011

The National Enquirer has published a front page story that singer Glen Campbell, 75, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. They add the detail that he sobbed when he heard the news.

To be honest, if I was in his situation, I'd cry, too.

Campbell actually broke the news in an interview with People, but the Enquirer was the first to put him on the cover.

Best wishes to Mr. Campbell, his friends and family, from a fan.

Meanest Story nominee: Larry Hagman's Alzheimer's Agony

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 28 March 2011

Welcome to gossip hell, Larry Hagman! As usual, the low rent Examiner thinks its target demographic want to hear bad news about people who were famous back before I graduated high school, and for the record, I'm old!

Hagman had health issues due to liver disease back in the 1990s, but there hasn't been a lot of news about him since then. The low rent Examiner says he has Alzheimer's Disease, which does not count as a Brave Last Days alert, but for me, that would be the worst diagnosis possible, so this gets a nomination for Meanest Story of the Week.

Best wishes to Mr. Hagman, his family and friends, from a fan of I Dream of Jeannie.