Barbara Windsor has alzheimers

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www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/eastenders-legend-dame-barbara-windsor-has-been-battling-alzheimer’s-for-four-years-devastated-husband-reveals/ar-AAx2uM9?ocid=spartanntp

its such a cruel disease no-one in my family had/has it but my friends DH has early onset he is only 63

Cant even say get well soon Babs because she wont

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Hideous hideous disease.

sorry for you and your dh op

Oh, how sad :( I guess that explains why she came back to EE to kill off her character.

for you OP. It’s a cruel, nasty disease.

How sad. It must have been a very difficult interview for Scott to give. I hope Dame Barbara can continue to lead a happy life for as long as possible.

How very sad, it's an horribly cruel disease.

My father in law had early onset and my husband worries terribly that it's his fate too which isn't helped by my mother in law frequently mentioning that his grandfather also had it.

Slightly on subject, it annoys me so much that there are people who seem to think it's acceptable to make jokes about Alzheimer's. It's a disease that's just as horrendous as cancer yet no one jokes about that.

It's always sad to hear of people suffering from this.

Slartybartfast it's the OP's friend's DP who has it, not her own.

Apparently people in showbiz have known for a few years but now it is harder to hide from the general public who approach her all the time. Her husband wants to continue to take her out as she still enjoys that but she has suddenly declined after the tablets that slightly delayed the illness have lost their efficacy and she can appear confused. So, they have done a brave and sensible thing by speaking out. She is lucky to have him in her corner. Must be a strain for him, and quite a release to talk about it.

It is such a horrible disease my Gran had it my Aunt has it and I think another Aunt might be in the early stages Barbara must be advanced for her husband to go to the paper about such a shame.

Oh - I'm sorry to read this

Both my parents have it, one is advanced and the other is in the early stages of it. it's harder with the one in the early stages because she's getting annoyed with people who haven't done something that she's told them not to do.

for anybody dealing with it.

Actress Jill Gascoyne (The Gentle Touch) was diagnosed with Alzheimers a few years ago

Interview with her husband Alfred Molina.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/04/my-family-values-alfred-molina-actor-rsc-jill-gascoine

I think there is someone else who was in the public eye in the “Morning” who has the same condition.

Prunella Scales has it too.

Alfred Molina said that his wife, who is in a nursing home in US, no longer recognises him. He is working here now, simply becsuse he no longer has any reason to stay so close to her now she dorsn’t know who he is. He has not left her but he is throwing himself into work. Really sad.