Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover has announced he has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for several years, proving that even Roger Murtaugh can’t outrun the passage of time.

Glover, 79, shared the news during an interview on The Today Show, revealing he was diagnosed “not long” after receiving an honorary Oscar in 2022. “I could live with it, in a sense. I’m sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing,” he said, noting that his movements, speech, and memory have slowed. But the support of his family, who he said “have got my back,” is getting him through.

His daughter Mandisa added that it was “really important” for him to speak on his own terms. “And the time is now. What better time but now for him to speak for himself? It’s important because people ask questions sometimes, and I don’t want to be a dishonest person and say, ‘Oh, yeah, everything is all right. It’s all great’,” she said.

Glover also spoke with People, in which he admitted he was “still not accepting in my mind all parts of it.” “There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I’ll never forget,” he said. He added: “I don’t feel like it’s the end of my life. There’s work to do. I still have my daughter, I have friends. I want to just say, your life continues.”

Over a nearly 40-year career, Glover has amassed more than 170 film and TV credits, from his debut in Escape From Alcatraz (1979) to iconic roles in Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple, and Predator 2. He’s also collected five Emmys and four Grammys, plus a stint as a UN goodwill ambassador fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS. So if anyone can take on Alzheimer’s with dignity and a bit of sass, it’s him.