Since this is being a WIRED remote, is there being the possibility that over a p...e...r...i...o...d of time and REPEATED use and flexing of its interconnecting multi wire cable, at its bottom, has resulted in metal / wire fatigue, and having opened a wire at the flex point.
Pushing the closest of the wire to the remotes end . . . . REAL hard . . . . might correct long enough to confirm that.
The next thought might be that a back light lamp or LED panel might be inside behind the LCD transmissive panel and has stopped functioning.
Viewing in a dark room would confirm that.