Affliction Quote by Charlie Pierce

My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.

— Barbara Mikulski

My grandmother died from Alzheimer's, and it was a big shock. For the families left behind, it is not an easy closure. It's not…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

My mother and father both died at 64.

— Jim Ross

My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was…

— Walter Mosley

My father died when I was 9 years old. The miserable condition of my family at that time is beyond description. My family, solitary…

— Chiang Kai-shek

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more…

— Pam Ferris

My main memories of my father are of his illness.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for…

— David Hyde Pierce

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

— Novak Djokovic

Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father…

— Ann Hood

I was so young when my dad died that I didn't think it had affected me. I had such tiny memories of him, just…

— Bob Mortimer

When my brother died in 1966, my father began a grieving process that lasted almost twenty-five years. For all that time, he suffered from…

— Bill Moyers