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AC/DC’s Malcolm Young ‘admitted to full-time care for dementia’, report says

Malcolm Young, one of the founding members of AC/DC reportedly has dementia and is being treated in a care home in Sydney. On Wednesday, the rock band announced that the rhythm guitarist had retired after 41 years due to unspecified health issues. The group said they will continue to make music and their new album, “Rock Or Bust”, is due out in December with a world tour planned for next year.

If you were in the room with [Young] and walked out then came back in one minute later, he wouldn’t remember who you are. He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife, Linda, has put him in full-time care.

Bernard Zuel. Sydney Morning Herald’s veteran music writer, citing a Malcolm Young “family connection” as saying

The Australian newspaper said Young, 61, suffered a stroke last year, while the Sydney Morning Herald reported he has dementia and was now a full-time patient at an exclusive Sydney care home. Young and his brother Angus founded the band in Sydney in 1973. In announcing a new record on Thursday, AC/DC said Malcolm Young would not be returning to the lineup after he took a break earlier this year, with his nephew Stevie Young taking his place.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of Malcolm’s condition, he will not be returning to the band.

AC/DC statement