with Alzheimer's disease in 2003. Larssen had been struggling to remember his lines in a play, despite performing it several times before, which led him to drop out of the play. She sought to bring public awareness to the disease with this announcement. The illness forced Larssen to retire from acting, and two years later, he stopped appearing in public altogether. Larssen died in his sleep from Alzheimer's disease on 29 January 2014 at an Oslo nursing home, aged 78. Partial filmography Nine Lives (1957) - Amund, kjelketrekker The Master and His Servants (1959) - Leif Helmer Douglas (1970) Døden i gatene (1970) Rødblått paradis (1971) - Fenriken Lukket avdeling (1972) Kanarifuglen (1973) - Jenssen Brannen (1973) - Bærer #2 Anton (1973) - Wikipedia Bortreist på ubestemt tid (1974) Faneflukt (1975) Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (1977) - Skyggen The Carriage Stone (1977) - Læreren Desperadosklubben og den mystiske mistenkte (1978) - Reidar, Ottos far Pøbel (1978) Operasjon Cobra (1978) - Sivil politi på bru 1 Blood of the Railroad Workers (1979) - Jensa-Jens Ingen roser... takk (1979) - Lars Kjærleikens ferjereiser (1979) Nedtur (1980) - Redaktøren The Reward (1980) - Terje Martin (1981) - Gymnastikklæreren The Witch Hunt (1981) - Glaser Sølvmunn (1981) - Mann på fly Piratene (1983) - Ordfører The Chieftain (1984) - Takstmann Noe helt annet (1985) - Forsvarer Nattseilere (1986) - Læreren The Last Lieutenant (1993) - Bjelland Zero Kelvin (1995) - Judge Olsenbandens siste stikk (1999) - Politimester References External links Lars Andreas Larssen på sokkel . Larssen's bust unveiled in Melbu (2008). 1935 births 2014 deaths People from Hadsel Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors Deaths from dementia in Norway Deaths from Alzheimer's disease 20th-century Norwegian male actors Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people