David Cassidy has dementia

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The 66-year-old former star of The Partridge Family had raised concerns when he forgot lines at a recent concert and was acting erratically.

David Cassidy's tragic family history of dementia has always haunted him; and now it's here. The former star of TV's The Partridge Family said Monday he is battling the memory-destroying brain disorder.

Cassidy's representative, Jo-Ann Geffen, confirmed to USA TODAY Monday that Cassidy, 66, has been diagnosed with dementia.

He acknowledged the diagnosis in an interview with People magazine, saying he watched his grandfather struggle with dementia and saw his mother “disappear” from it as well.

"I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming," he told the magazine.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/02/20/david-cassidy-partridge-family-says-he-has-dementia/98173252/

[Siwsan]

1. This is such sad news. 66 is so young for such a tragic diagnosis

Hopefully they will find something to help him maintain a degree of stability.

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3. My husband was 52 when the symptoms really became noticable. He didn't have Alzheimer's,

but Vascular Dementia from having Type I DM since he was 4.

[Siwsan]

4. My mother had Alzheimer's

We were fortunate, in a way, because it didn't really become profound until about a year before she died. But that last couple of months were brutal.

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2. That's a catastrophic illness. I nursed my mom & husband through dementia. It is

utterly heartbreaking. At least my husband passed before he forgot who he was--he remembered everything up until about 2007, then it's like he got amnesia. He would call me from the nursing home 12 times a day, not realizing he'd called or how long he'd been there. I lost him in 2014. I really feel for him and his family. They're in for a siege.

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5. Alzheimer/ Dementia

My dad died at 93. Years after he was diagnosed. It was so painful for him and us. He faded away and died in the loving arms of his family that he no longer knew. That was just over two years ago.

[Phoenix61]

6. Ugly, ugly disease. So sad to hear that

I've been caring for my Mom, who has advanced dementia, for the last year and a half. She's wheelchair bound which, odd as it sounds, makes it a little easier. She can't wonder off and get lost or hurt.

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7. the long goodbye

It sucks and am having the long goodbye with my mother.

Peace