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GMTV icon Fiona Phillips, 62, has Alzheimer's Disease – 'it's heartbreaking'

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Fiona Phillips has shared the heartbreaking news that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Sharing all about her condition and dementia battle with The Mirror, where she works as a columnist, the 62 year old TV star said that her disease has "ravaged" her family and now it has "come for" her. "And all over the country there are people of all different ages whose lives are being affected by it - it’s heartbreaking," she said. "I just hope I can help find a cure which might make things better for others in the future." Revealing that she told she showed early stages of Alzheimer's Disease last year, the former GMTV host continued: "It’s something I might have thought I’d get at 80.

But I was still only 61 years old. "I felt more angry than anything else because this disease has already impacted my life in so many ways; my poor mum was crippled with it, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle.

It just keeps coming back for us." Reflecting on her colleague's diagnosis, The Mirror editor Allison Phillips tweeted: "All our love to our wonderful ⁦@DailyMirror columnist Fiona Phillips who is talking for first time about being diagnosed with Alzheimer's aged just 62." GMTV viewers also shared messages of support, with one writing: "That is terrible news.

Poor Fiona's parents also had this horrific disease. I wish her all the very best #Alzheimers #fionaphillips." "Omg I just read that the tv presenter Fiona Phillips has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

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