Whoopi Goldberg’s mum forgot who she was after enduring years of electroshock therapy
Whoopi Goldberg’s mum forgot who she was after being subjected to years of electroshock therapy. The 68-year-old actress and comic opens up about how her mother Emma Harris, who died aged 78 in 2010 from a stroke, emerged from hospital with memory loss after getting the controversial treatment following a mental breakdown. She says in her upcoming memoir ‘Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me’, in an extract obtained by People: “(Mum) said, ‘I didn’t know who you were when I got out of the hospital.’” Whoopi added she replied at the time: “I’m sorry, what? I’m sorry, what?” Emma then t...