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Big Bang Concert Dvd' title='Big Bang Concert Dvd' />News, reviews, interviews and more for top artists and albums MSN Music. Glen Campbells widow opens up about his final daysThere was a time when all I could remember was the sickness, Kim Campbell tells PEOPLE of the Alzheimers disease that took her husband Glen Campbells life on Aug. But now that hes passed, the good memories are starting to flood back in. Three months after the country legends death at the age of 8. PEOPLE about their familys journey, her husbands final days and her plans for her next mission helping other families coping with Alzheimers through her website, Care. Living. org. Glen married Kim his fourth wife in 1. He was country musics Grammy winning Rhinestone Cowboy and she was a dancer. The couple settled in Phoenix and had three children. He was 2. 2 years older than me but age didnt matter between us he was so young at heart and excited about ordinary things. Life was just beautiful. In late 2. Glen was 7. Alzheimers. The Wichita Lineman embarked on a farewell tour in 2. The resulting 2. 01. Big Bang Concert Dvd' title='Big Bang Concert Dvd' />Ill Be Me, was nominated for an Oscar for best original song for Im Not Going to Miss You. The goodbye tour was one of the biggest blessings for Glen that anyone could have imagined. The doctors emphasized to us that music was stimulating for the brain and it would be healthy for him. It was Glens choice to do the film. He loved the camera after all, he did a TV show for years. That was part of who he was. Revo Uninstaller Pro Full Patch. He said it was the most important thing that he was doing at the time. He knew he was trying to show the world what living with Alzheimers was like because he wanted to help find a cure. After the tour, his health deteriorated as the disease progressed. There were times hed wake up and look at me and go Are we married He quit calling me by my name a long time ago. And then, he grew combative. He gave me a black eye. Im younger than him and faster than him so I avoided a lot. You dont take it personally. Its part of the disease. Image/953.jpg' alt='Big Bang Concert Dvd' title='Big Bang Concert Dvd' />They lose their ability to communicate verbally so if you are trying to do something they dont like, they instinctively lash out. As his conditioned worsened, Kim and Glen moved to Nashville to be closer to their children. I saw a neurologist and he said, I cant believe youre trying to do this at home. He wanted to have a social worker call me and I was mortified. HBO, Starbucks and Chase present The Concert for Valor live from Washington D. C., November 11th. Watch free 600 Free Live TV Channels. See 45000 Complimentary movies TV shows and documentaries. Record Local TV zero cost. View Horror Movies at no chargeI had never considered long term care. There is a terrible stereotype around that, but I didnt know there were memory care communities designed specifically for people with dementia and their entire family. In 2. Glen moved into long term care, eventually settling at Abes Garden, a memory care facility in Nashville. Glen was cheerful and completely at peace there. I became friends with a lot of the other women whose husbands were there and we tried to encourage and love each other. It was one big family. Every day on my way to ballet class Id stop and have dinner with Glen and then go dance and work off my depression and then stop in again to give him a kiss goodnight. I make a big point of saying that our family joined a memory care community. It was my community too. It was a comforting place to be. But critics lashed out, accusing her of abandoning her husband. Trolls on the Internet said very unkind things, people who dont know me or what I was dealing with at home. Id get death threats. Theyd say, Why couldnt she hire a big strong man to handle him But I put child locks on my kitchen cabinets and it would make him mad. He would rip the cabinets off the wall and pull out all the dishes onto the floor. Its not easy. Harder still, two of Glens children from previous marriages unsuccessfully sued Kim for control over Campbells affairs, alleging that she wasnt providing him with needed care. Thats been harder, probably, than the actual Alzheimers itself to be deliberately attacked and sued when Id been married for almost 3. They said I was withholding basic necessities like a toothbrush. The reality was he had plenty of toothbrushes but we kept them locked away because he didnt know what it was and would rinse them in the toilet. They never asked. They only attacked. To be slandered while he was dying was beyond the pale. It was very painful. Although she no longer has contact with Debby or Travis, I have a great relationship with their children were very close. Its tragic, she says of the rift. Records were recently filed in Davidson Probate Court in Nashville alleging children Kelly, Travis and Wesley were specifically excluded from a 2. The Tennessean. Kim Campbell declined comment on the filing Thursday. About six weeks before he died, Glen slipped into the seventh, and final, stage of the disease. The month before he passed was extremely difficult, because it was just so sad he declined so radically. He couldnt feed himself any longer. He forgot how to swallow and then he forgot how to breathe. Most people end up dying of some other complication, but he was so healthy, he went through to the final stages. We had the whole family in, the kids from other marriages, the grandchildren, and everybody was surrounding him in the last few days. The day before he passed away, two people from the symphony were there and we just heard this gorgeous music coming into his room. When the end finally came, there was relief. You say goodbye every day for so many years and it is so heartbreaking, so when it finally happens theres a mixture of emotions. Theres a sense of relief for him, because I know he wouldnt want to go on and be bedridden. I actually said, Thank you God. Glen died peacefully without pain. I knew it was his time. I felt like it was a blessing. He had lived a beautiful life, he was content in his final years and we did everything we could to give him to give him the best quality of life. For Kim, healing has come slowly. Its hard for me to listen to his music, to see him on TV, even to look at his pictures on my piano, his clothes in my closet. So many memories are still tough to deal with. But Im trying. Ive got to be thankful for these memories that Ive had and cherish them instead of letting them hurt me and remind me of what Ive lost. With more than 4. Grammys to his name, the singers musical legacy is intact. But his efforts to shine a light on his disease also live on. The music legacy is very important and that stands alone. The Alzheimers is a different category. Thats Glen the human being and its so special and I think its made such a big impact on families that have Alzheimers. Kims own mission is to share the lessons shes learned as a caregiver. You cannot do this alone. You need to let people know what you are going through. The stigma of long term care runs so deep the idea that you are throwing someone away instead of taking care of them yourself. Or that you are breaking your marriage vows. But I didnt cease to be a caregiver when we joined the community, I just had a bigger team that was more professional. There is such a misunderstanding. We want caregivers to know what options are out there for help. I want everyone to know places like Abes Garden exist. Kim has made visits to Capitol Hill on behalf of caregivers and plans to continue advocating by launching a Care. Living foundation next year. I found a lot of healing in doing advocacy. It brings purpose and meaning out of the tragedy.