US singer Neil Diamond on Parkinson’s battle: ‘I can’t really fight this thing, so I had to accept it’

Johnny Mercer Award Honoree Neil Diamond says he was in denial during the first year or two after his diagnosis. Photo: TNS

Neil Diamond is embracing a positive outlook amid his battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

The Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter only began to truly accept his 2018 diagnosis of the brain condition within “the last few weeks,” he told CBS Sunday Morning.