Glen Campbell didn't let his Alzheimer's stop him for having an uplifting Christmas with his family. The Country Music Hall of Famer left a full-time care facility in Nashville to celebrate the holidays with his family in the Tennessee capital. He has been in the special facility since April, due to his ongoing battle with the disease.
A photo provided to The National Enquirer showed the 78-year-old music legend at the Nashville home of his wife, Kim Woollen, and their daughter Ashley, 28.
A source told the Enquirer, "It was a touching time to have Glen back home -- even if it was for only a brief visit."
Campbell's last public performance was at the 2012 Grammys in Los Angeles.
The source added, "While some have said Glen had lost the will to live, his spirits appear to have been lifted a little."
Campbell has been very public about his battle with the disease, bravely staging a farewell tour after his diagnosis in 2011 and even allowing camera crews to capture those performances for a documentary. "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" was released in October 2014 to movie theaters throughout America, and it subsequently earned the filmmakers a Critics Choice nomination for "Best Documentary Feature."
The documentary features commentary from fellow musicians Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Vince Gill, as well as friends and fans like Steve Martin, Bruce Springsteen, U2's the Edge, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Webb, Jay Leno and Bill Clinton.
"Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" features his final recording, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," and its moving music video. Campbell went into the studio in January 2013, just months after his final public performance to record "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," a rumination on everything that Alzheimer's is slowly taking from the singer as he enters its advanced stages. Campbell co-wrote the song with Julian Raymond and recorded it specifically for the documentary film.
Campbell is best known for his hits that include "Gentle on My Mind," "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Rhinestone Cowboy." He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame. He also was the host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," a popular television show in the late 1960s and 1970s, and as a studio musician played on some of the biggest pop and rock hits of the 1960s.
Campbell is up for two 2015 Grammy awards, for Best Country Song for "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," as well as for "Best Song Written for Visual Media." His signature song "Gentle On My Mind" was covered by The Band Perry and it garnered that group a Grammy nomination this year as well.
