Millie Bobby Brown calls Alzheimer’s ‘evil’ in tribute to late grandmother

By Press Association

November 11 2020, 3:24am

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown called Alzheimer’s'”evil’ as she paid a touching tribute to her late grandmother (Ian West/PA)

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown called Alzheimer’s “evil” as she paid a touching tribute to her late grandmother.

The 16-year-old actress shared a moving post on Instagram, writing a lengthy message alongside a short clip of her kissing “nanny Ruth” on the cheek.

“There’s no words that make sense right now,” Brown said. “There’s no feeling to pin point.

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There’s no words that make sense right now. There’s no feeling to pin point. Loss is something so complex and I go thru spells where I cant stop crying and then I laugh about all the memories and then sit quiet and try to comprehend what happened. Alzheimer's is evil. Its cruel. Taking away someones ability to remember memories and then how to function like a human being. Its so hard to sit there and watch. i’ll always be your millie moos. I hope u watch over me and protect me like u did when I was little. I loved you more than anyone could ever love. Ill tell everyone about you and the lessons u taught me. Ill thank you every day for the laughs and memories u gave me all through out my life so far. My whole life has been amazing and ive enjoyed so many aspects of it, But what ive come to realize, is waking up in nanny ruths house, with the smell of sweet porridge and honey in the middle, with the news playing on the tv and the washing hung up on the line. The cats walking around and the kids playing outside. Id give her the biggest hug and say “ill see u later”. As I played outside with all of the children for hours and hours. She would sit there by the window and say “dont go too far” “stay nearby” “its time to come in”. Id run inside and ham, bread, chips, and beans would be on my plate with a capri sun and we’d sit opposite each other and id tell her what I did that day. After dinner, I usually sang to her or we’d figure out some cross word puzzle as I sat on her lap. Midnight would come and we would lay in bed and she’d tell me stories about her memories as a child and what living through World War 2 was like. I couldn’t come home to give u one last snuggle because of Covid-19 so FaceTime was all that we had. I sang to you as much as my voice could take it, even when u were sleeping. These are memories ill never forget. She is truly my guardian angel. I love you nanny. Theres no forgetting a soul like this one. I hope time will somewhat heal. But for now ill hug mummy and watch videos of us singing and dancing. Rest easy x
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“Loss is something so complex and I go thru spells where I cant stop crying and then I laugh about all the memories and then sit quiet and try to comprehend what happened. Alzheimer’s is evil. Its cruel.

“Taking away someones ability to remember memories and then how to function like a human being. Its so hard to sit there and watch.”

Brown, who recently starred in Netflix mystery drama Enola Holmes, said “i’ll always be your millie moos” and shared her favourite childhood memories of her grandmother.

She wrote: “I loved you more than anyone could ever love. Ill tell everyone about you and the lessons u taught me. Ill thank you every day for the laughs and memories u gave me all through out my life so far.”

Brown said she could not be with her grandmother at the end because of Covid-19, saying “FaceTime was all that we had” and “I sang to you as much as my voice could take it, even when u were sleeping”.

Brown added: “These are memories ill never forget. She is truly my guardian angel. I love you nanny. Theres no forgetting a soul like this one. I hope time will somewhat heal. But for now ill hug mummy and watch videos of us singing and dancing. Rest easy x.”

Brown’s Stranger Things co-star Noah Schnapp comforted her in the comments and said: “Rest easy nanny.”

And Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul said: “Oh Mills. I’m so sorry. Love to you and your beautiful family.”

Brown will reprise her role as Eleven in the fourth season of sci-fi drama Stranger Things.