Living with Alzheimer's, ex-Sen. Proxmire is cut off from his storied past BY KATHERINE M. SKIBA Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WASHINGTON - KRT NEWSFEATURES (KRT) - He was a poster child for health and fitness, a physician's son from a tony enclave near Chicago. His degrees bore the imprint of Harvard and Yale. For more than 31 years he toiled in the U.S. Senate, becoming the nation's best-known scold against government waste. His public relations genius was such that his name became a household word. Bill Proxmire. His legendary hand-shaking among throngs at the Wisconsin State Fair, Green Bay Packers games...
