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Journey from the mind to the heart, dealing not just with his fate, but with that of. Author and awardwinning investigative reporter greg obrien is living with earlyonset alzheimer s. Greg obrien, who was diagnosed with earlyonset alzheimers disease five years ago, shares. Author and journalist greg obrien spoke about his journey into alzheimers disease with meryl comer. When i sat down to write my own story, in my book, on pluto.
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