What Was Wallander Diagnosed With

Over the course of the series he is diagnosed with diabetes, and towards the end of his career he suffers from memory lapses, discovering he has developed Alzheimer’s disease, with which his father was also afflicted.

How did Wallander end?

In the end, Linda twigged about her dad’s plight only when she found him raging and confused in the fields behind his house. But before then he had managed to tell Linda how much he loved her and he shared a heartbreaking moment with her husband Hans (Harry Hadden-Paton).

Did Henning Mankell have Alzheimer's?

The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (born February 3, 1948) died of cancer on 5 October 2015. … Over the course of the series Mankell developed the character of Wallander so that, with the last novel, Wallander is diagnosed with diabetes, suffers from memory lapses, and develops Alzheimer’s disease, like his father.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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