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Peter Falk suffers from Alzheimer's, daughter says
Reuters - Yahoo ^ | December 16, 2008 | Alex Dobuzinskis

Posted on 12/16/2008 1:46:53 PM PST by EveningStar

"Columbo" star Peter Falk's daughter has filed court documents saying the award-winning actor suffers from Alzheimer's disease and dementia and she should manage his affairs.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: alzheimers; columbo; falk; peterfalk; prayersneeded
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To: Loud Mime
"People with this problem should not drive a car/truck/train, etc"

Mr. Falk pulled up to the book signing in a rather nice sports car.

I guess he'll have to sell that.

21 posted on 12/16/2008 2:13:21 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (The cosmos is about the smallest hole a man can stick his head in. - Chesterton)
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To: Puppage

Have you or a family member been touched by Alzheimer if not go play on the free way if yes god bless you and LOL


22 posted on 12/16/2008 2:14:19 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom Mr. Obama, are you aware that Sarah Palin took on her own partyÂ’s establishment in Alaska a)
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To: alexander_busek
Worse than that: He was "disorientated!"

U.K. Publication.

23 posted on 12/16/2008 2:14:34 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: EveningStar

Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...

24 posted on 12/16/2008 2:14:54 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: EveningStar

Sad....loved Columbo....


25 posted on 12/16/2008 2:15:27 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Loud Mime
They will forget what they are doing while on the freeway.

I sometimes forget what I am doing on the freeway, too. Seriously. It scared me for a while there and I'm too young for Alzheimer's. I'd forget exactly where I was on my way to.

26 posted on 12/16/2008 2:18:37 PM PST by HungarianGypsy
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To: alexander_busek
One of the greats.


27 posted on 12/16/2008 2:18:51 PM PST by Travis McGee (--www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com--)
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To: Loud Mime

Mine too and my Mom was just diagnosed with early state Alzheimers............she visited us in our new house last month and said, at least 50 times in 6 days, how big the doors are in our house and how big our house is....funny but say.....you know what I mean?


28 posted on 12/16/2008 2:19:28 PM PST by Seeking the truth (Bitter White Person Stamps, Tees & bumper stickers - 0cents.com)
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To: EveningStar

Importantly, it’s now becoming a standard neurological test to use the inability to smell particular odors as an indicator of which disease a person might have.

Alzheimer’s seems to have a list of about a dozen common smells that indicate the disease if the patient is unable to smell them. This helps distinguish Alzheimer’s from other forms of dementia and other medical problems that have mental side effects, like insufficient thyroid hormone, which is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.


29 posted on 12/16/2008 2:20:28 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: IYAS9YAS

Push the button Max!


30 posted on 12/16/2008 2:22:40 PM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Interesting, do you have a source at your fingertips?


31 posted on 12/16/2008 2:22:57 PM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama? There will be a pop quiz every day for the next four years...miss a question, people die.)
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To: EveningStar

I really hope it’s not Alzheimer’s, maybe just “sundowners.” Also, dementia is another story. It just means loss or slowing down of some brain capacity. This often happens following stroke.


32 posted on 12/16/2008 2:23:20 PM PST by La Enchiladita (You mean you don't believe that Obama is the only virgin in a Chicago Whorehouse?~~hoosiermama)
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To: IYAS9YAS
MAAAAXXXXX!!!!

I love that movie. Best pie fight ever filmed.

33 posted on 12/16/2008 2:27:16 PM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: null and void

http://alzheimers.about.com/od/diagnosisissues/a/smell.htm


34 posted on 12/16/2008 2:30:08 PM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: netmilsmom

Thanks!

The researchers have put together list of the top ten smells which they say are the best predictors of Alzheimer’s. These are; strawberry, smoke, soap, menthol, clove, pineapple, natural gas, lilac, lemon and leather.


35 posted on 12/16/2008 2:33:44 PM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama? There will be a pop quiz every day for the next four years...miss a question, people die.)
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To: Loud Mime
I have, care for, a 92 year old Mom with "It."

This is the 10th anniversery of what I expected would probably be "her last Christmas." She has a 96 YO sister with it.

36 posted on 12/16/2008 2:34:35 PM PST by lonestar
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To: Charles Martel
I love that movie. Best pie fight ever filmed.

Best damsel in distress, ever - Natalie Wood sitting on the boulder after her Stanley Steamer breaks down.

37 posted on 12/16/2008 2:35:23 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (Hey Obama, why lawyer up when you can pony up? Show us your vault copy BC)
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To: null and void

http://alzheimers.about.com/od/diagnosisissues/a/smell.htm


38 posted on 12/16/2008 2:36:51 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: EveningStar
So sad. I absolutely loved Columbo! In fact, I tried yesterday to find it on FanCast - to no avail.

No matter how many times I watch Lt. Columbo, I never cease to find him amusing.

39 posted on 12/16/2008 2:38:28 PM PST by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: Travis McGee

That’s the stuff. Never before; never since.


40 posted on 12/16/2008 2:39:34 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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