Star Trek's "Scotty" from the original series was diagnosed with Alzheimer's recently. Son Chris said the diagnosis stemmed from his father's increasing loss of short-term memory. His long-term memory (like his memories of working on the Trek series) seems unaffected.

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Posted by John DeNardo at Wednesday July 07, 2004 at 8:41 AM
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