Nile Rogers’ mother, Beverly Goodman, died.
The American guitarist accessed Twitter on Sunday night to reveal the touching news.
He typed, “My mom #BeverlyGoodman#REST IN PEACE passed away around 6 am today. I took a few of my first breaths with her and she took some of her last breaths with me. My brothers and I will get in touch with everyone soon. Today I am numb. “
Beside the post, he shared a photo of his mother on the bed while laying his head on hers.
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On December 23, the co-founder of Chic accessed the microblogging site to share his sadness at not being able to spend the festive period with his mother.
He wrote: “The saddest part of it #COVID holiday is not being able to visit my #mom. She is always happy and fun, even in the final stages #Alzheimer‘s. I learned to redirect or not, so she never feels uncomfortable with memory loss. That was 2 years ago and it is still sharp today. “
In early December, Nilo talked to The Mirror about his anguish of five family members who were already dying of degenerative dementia and shared his pain for his mother, who was just 14 when she had him, being struck by her.
Speaking about the toll on his family, New Yorker Nilo said: “Six members of the family had Alzheimer’s. We are talking about my mother who currently has Alzheimer’s. And my mother’s sister, my aunt, died of Alzheimer’s.
“And their mother, my maternal grandmother, died of this, and my maternal grandmother’s sister – my great-aunt – she died of this. And her daughter also died of this. And my uncle too.”
Rodgers also revealed that he discovered – having worked with the music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins – that it is possible to unlock his mother’s memories of the past using music as a key.
He said: “I want to donate my brian to science because we are crazy and crazy in nature.
“Many of the techniques they are using at Nordoff Robbins I have been using with my family. And I didn’t even know I was doing this.
“Being able to use some of these techniques to communicate with people you can’t normally communicate with – using music and songs – is a warning feeling. If you imagine the people you love, you absolutely love them and just can’t connect with them.
“So you sing Hey Jude and there they are!”
Nilo continued: “Nordoff Robins, the charity, came to me first without knowing that I had this kind of connection with Alzheimer’s disease. When they approached me, I was immediately interested. Because I had very clear memories of having worked with my aunt.
“But when it affected my mother, it really brought me back. And I got smarter about music and Alzheimer’s very quickly. I started to read more.
“I believe that the charity does the kind of work that should be done around the world. I believe that musicians are suitable ambassadors and being able to spread that kind of love and kindness all over the world is an incredible thing. Being at the forefront of this is a very noble cause.
“I have seen music reach people right in front of me. I will give you an example. I had been dining with my mother in her nursing home for about four or five years.
“They try to circulate residents so that resentment does not arise. There was one woman in particular who sat at the table and was aggressive at the time. When you are close to people, you know that anything can happen.
“She sat down and came over to me in an aggressive way because I was a visitor and I dressed extravagantly for a guy my age. She was someone attacking me. She was really attacking me. She started saying things like – No I like those dirty boots you’re wearing.
“Then I started to sing, ‘These boots are made for walking, that’s what they do’.
“And she immediately sang: ‘And one of these days these boots are going to step on you.
“The next things, you know, the whole table was singing along. We turned the whole lunch into a hootenanny singalong. Everyone was in it. It was so funny. The attendant came up to me and we were laughing and playing. happy immediately. ”
“At that point the woman had completely calmed down. I asked her name. I know that people who have Alzheimer’s can often remember things from the past very well, so she came from the city where I was born – New York. And we are from the same area.
“From my studies and readings, I understand that the brain remembers music longer than language. So, I’m going to use music as a bridge to get to language with my mom. It seems to me that with my mom, music is more easily accessible in her brain.
“So, because she is able to take music as a memory and then be able to direct her brain to language. In the same way that you rocked, these boots are made for walking to ‘Hey, it’s a very good day. .. to ‘Oh, you are such a good young man and what interesting clothes.’
“So, when they are in that moment, they really want to get involved with you. And when you get involved with them, it’s almost like you’re bringing them back to life.
“They become so aware and talkative. And so descriptive. When I put my mom in that situation, she surprises me with things like, ‘No, honey. The walls were green when you moved. And I’m going to think that Jesus is you. it’s right they were green. ‘
“I remember I hated that green – I completely forgot about it.”