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Dame Judi Dench has shared an update on her vision loss<\/a>, due to age-related macular degeneration.<\/p>\n

The actress, 90, “can’t see anymore,” and can’t see the television or read anymore, she revealed during an interview with ITV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The legendary screen star, who appeared alongside Ian McKellen, was diagnosed with macular degeneration in 2012.<\/p>\n

When asked why she hasn’t been on camera anymore and acting, the actress said: “No you don’t, because I can’t see anymore.”<\/p>\n

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“I’ve got, you know, that thing,” she added, referring to the deteriorating eye condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“But we can see you,” McKellen said.<\/p>\n

“Yes, and I can your outline and I know you so well in your Macbeth scarf,” she said. “But I can’t recognize anybody anymore.”<\/p>\n

“I can’t see the television<\/a>. I can’t see to read,” Dench noted.<\/p>\n

“But do you go up to total strangers and say lovely to see you again?<\/a>” McKellen asked.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes,” the iconic James Bond actress said, with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of severe loss of eyesight for people older than 50, according to John Hopkins Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

JUDI DENCH’S VISION LOSS PREVENTS HER FROM GOING OUT ALONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

However, people rarely go blind from it, as the disease affects the center of vision.<\/p>\n

In January, the actress revealed that she can’t go out by herself because of her vision loss.<\/p>\n

“Somebody will always be with me,” Dench told Trinny Woodall on the “Fearless” podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I have to now because I can’t see, and I will walk into something or fall over,” she said at the time.<\/p>\n

“I’m always nervous before going to something. I have no idea why\u2026 I’m not good at being on my own at all, nor would I be now. And fortunately, I don’t have to now because I pretend to have no eyesight,” she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Dench said she could no longer read scripts or memorize lines for acting jobs while appearing on “The Graham Norton Show.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/judi-dench-says-she-cant-recognize-anybody-anymore-her-macular-degeneration-progresses <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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