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Alabama’s Jeff Cook Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease, Will Limit Future Band Appearances

Alabama’s Jeff Cook Reveals He Has Parkinson’s Disease, Will Limit Future Band Appearances

Alabama’s lead guitarist/fiddler/vocalist Jeff Cook revealed that he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. Parkinson’s is the same disease that afflicted boxing great Muhammad Ali and currently affects actor Michael J. Fox. Jeff revealed to USA Today that he was diagnosed four years ago and bandmates…MORE

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025

Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancé Lauren Sanchez successfully completed their space flight yesterday.  It was an all-female flight that also included a filmmaker, a former NASA scientist, and a research scientist. It was about 10 minutes long and they flew to an altitude of 62 miles, to the edge of the Earth’s…

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025

Let’s be honest:  This is NOT an era of “peak language.”  Everyone is constantly looking for ways to write, read, and speak LESS . . . and with fewer actual words. There’s very little “writing.”  We’re really only texting and DMing, and those messages are a mix of short abbreviations, slang, and emojis that can…