Carly Simon shares Parkinson’s disease diagnosis: “It is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening”

Carly Simon has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and cancer. The 83-year-old singer-songwriter, best known for classic hits like ‘You’re So Vain’, ‘Why’ and James Bond theme ‘Nobody Does It Better’, said in a lengthy statement on Instagram that her most recent absence from the spotlight had been due to her ongoing health issues. She said: “So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease. “It has taken me some time to understand the diagnosis, to adjust to it, and to decide how much I wanted to say about it publicly.” She added: “Parkinson’s is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable. Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.” Simon said her problems started with arthritis in both knees and one of her hips and that her mobility failed to improve after three replacement surgeries. She said she eventually had all three joints replaced with “delicate bouquets of metal and plastic”. “I had trouble standi...