Stan Musial has been battling Alzheimer's

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    Stan Musial, the 90-year-old Cardinals icon, has been fighting a battle that few knew about for the last several years — Alzheimer's disease, two published reports said.

    Musial has had to endure the effects of Alzheimer's disease since he was in his "mid-80s," according to an advance copy of a book about Musial by George Vecsey of the New York Times.

    In Vecsey's "Stan Musial, an American Life," to be released May 10, the author says, "The (Musial) family pitched in, learned about the illness, tried to keep him as active as possible to reinforce his contact with the world. From Musial's rare public appearances, people figured out that this merry and decent force in their lives was fading away."

    Coincidentally, Gerry Musial Ashley, one of Stan's three daughters, confirmed the diagnosis to the Oakland Tribune on Thursday in an article about a baseball art exhibit in San Francisco that includes a painting of her father.

    Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/base...cle_9f418af4-15d7-58bb-adcf-f95f03a81c45.html
     

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