We have another great celebrity dealing with the same dreaded disease that Linda has; it is Alan Alda, who, among other things, portrayed Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series M*A*S*H, and also appeared in Steven Spielberg's 2015 Cold War drama BRIDGE OF SPIES:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt