Unless they find a cure, it's going to hit a lot more people from the baby boomer generations - including people here on the forum. We just had a celebrity case here in Germany where a former playboy millionaire and art supporter (Gunter Sachs, one-time boyfirend of Brigitte Bardot) shot himself when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer and it began impeding his speech. A couple of years ago there was a great Candian Film on the subject featuring Julie Christie as an attractive sixty-something with the Alzheimer curtain being drawn down on her mind. Olympia Dukakis played in it too.