Article about Zack Ward's (played Scut Farkus in "
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‘A Christmas Story’ star Zack Ward says film's lesson is 'you have to take your life head on'
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/christm...alzheimers
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Farkus in the iconic holiday flick, has a heavy heart this season as his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in July and "very quickly declined." Ward said he and his siblings elected to admit their father to a fully assisted living environment where he could receive better care than they themselves could provide.
"In the process of going through that, you learn a lot about what Alzheimer's does to people and how little research has been done to help these people out," Ward, 50, told Fox News while discussing the parallels he’s recognized by handling the debilitating disease and the concepts of family and facing one’s fears as seen in "A Christmas Story."