A-ha Frontman Morten Harket, 65, Shares Emotional Statement After Parkinson’s Diagnosis
I am sorry to hear this. A-ha was one of my most favorite bands when I was in high school in the 1980s – they were one of my favorite bands when I heard them on the radio back in the day.
I had NO IDEA what the band members looked like until I bought a .33 vinyl of “Hunting High and Low,” which had their photo on the front.
I had the biggest crush at that point on Harket. I had photos and posters of A-ha on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager. 
The media back then tried to pit Duran Duran against A-ha, and I know Duranies were very passionate about their fandom.
Many Duranies thought that Simon Lebon or John Taylor were the cutest guys ever – and they are fine-looking men, but, they could not even begin to compare to Morten Harket in the looks department, sorry lady Duranies!
A-ha frontman Morten Harket, 65, shares emotional statement after Parkinson’s diagnosis
Brooke Ivey JohnsonPublished
June 4, 2025
Morten Harket, the iconic frontman of the 80s band A-ha, has announced that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
The Norwegian band released a statement that read: ‘This isn’t the sort of news anyone wants to deliver to the world, but here it is: Morten has Parkinson’s disease.’
In an interview about the diagnosis that serves as Harket’s statement on the matter, the 65-year-old said: ‘I’ve got no problem accepting the diagnosis. With time I’ve taken to heart my 94-year-old father’s attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: “I use whatever works.”‘
He elaborated: ‘Part of me wanted to reveal it. Like I said, acknowledging the diagnosis wasn’t a problem for me; it’s my need for peace and quiet to work that has been stopping me. I’m trying the best I can to prevent my entire system from going into decline.
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