to go blind meaning in French

devenir aveugle, perdre la vue

He had started to go blind and was diagnosed with tongue cancer.
Il devient presque aveugle et souffre d'un cancer de la langue.
The writer stayed in Medellín when his health began to decay and he started to go blind.
L'écrivain est à Medellín quand sa santé décline et qu'il commence à devenir aveugle.
Four years later, she began to go blind, and eventually pulled away from public life.
Quatre ans plus tard, alors qu'elle commence à devenir aveugle, elle se retire loin de la vie publique.