FAMOUS ALZHEIMER PATIENTS |
| RONALD REAGAN, former US president and Hollywood actor announced his Alzheimer disease the 5th November 1994. |
| RITA HAYWORTH, (+1987) her strange behavior in later years was caused by Alzheimer's according to her daughter Yasmin Aga Khan. |
| IRIS MURDOCH (1919-1999) British Irish - born novelist and philosopher. |
| ARON COPLAND (1900-1990) US folksy-jazz composer died at 90 of Alzheimer´s. |
| WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997) Dutch painter and artist died at 93 still working despite his mental deterioration. |
| SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989) US middleweight boxer died with Alzheimer´s , heart disease and diabetes. |
| E.B.WHITE (1899-1985) essayist and storyteller died at 86 suffering of Alzheimer´s. |
| W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874-1965) according to biographer Ted Morgan, Maugham was severely hit by dementia. |
| WINSTON CHURCHILL (b.1874) died 1965 after 8 years of increasing signs of mental deterioration. |
| "WILD BILL" DONOVAN, founder of CIA-precurser OSS lost his intelligence in his last years. |
| DEWITT WALLACE, founder of monthly magazine "Readers Digest" got Alzheimers together with his wife Lila. |
| RALPH WALDO EMERSON, philosopher of the 19th century, whose mind went blank in his last years. |
| HENRY FORD (1863-1947) US car-maker, died 1947 after years of senility. |
| MARY REEVES, widow of country singer Jim Reeves (+1964) had Alzheimers and died 1999 in a nursing home. |
| DANA ANDREWS, (1909-1992) US movie actor |
| MAURICE RAVEL, (1875-1937) French composer of "Bolero" |
| EDMUND O'BRIEN, (1915-1985) US- Irish film actor |
| ARLENE FRANCIS, (1907-) US stage-TV-movie star of Turkish origin |
| AUGUSTE D., the first diagnosed Alzheimer-patient in 1906 described by German doctor Alois Alzheimer. |
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