“The Jack people knew isn’t here anymore, but pieces of my husband are,” his wife Suzi said. “And I’m going to hang onto them for as long as I can.”
The family of “Jungle Jack” Hanna has revealed that the beloved former zookeeper is enduring an “advanced” stage of Alzheimer’s disease, where he doesn’t remember most of his own family.told The Columbus DispatchJack’s wife and daughters Kathaleen, Suzanne, and Julie revealed that he now only remembers his wife of 54 years, his dog Brassy, and, occasionally, his eldest daughter Kathaleen.as director emeritus of Ohio’s Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Dec. 2020.
“I want to hold on to these walks as long as I can,” she told the outlet. “I remember the day this all officially started. The day the doctor told us what it was. I’ve just tried to hang on to the little pieces of Jack since then.” Elsewhere, Jack’s eldest daughter Kathaleen said they decided to share such intimate details of her dad’s condition in a desperate bid to help others dealing with the same.
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