Malcolm Young – A Long Way to the Top

Military historian, sportsman and commentator, biographer, journalist and seriously funny bloke Peter FitzSimons on AC/DC.

“If you were in the room with [Malcolm 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.”

A friend of the Young family, quoted in the SMH about the AC/DC anchorman’s retirement, due to dementia. Bloody hell. In a famous rock band for 40 years, it was always going to be, once older, a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll, but this early? Young is just 61.

Full article at the Sydney Morning Herald