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Star reporter Stephanie Innes tells the story of a Tucson family who has hereditary Alzheimer’s.
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Matriarch stays strong in a family shadowed by early-onset Alzheimer's.
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Social-studies teacher was first in family to get official diagnosis.
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Disease is rampant in Tucson family
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Gym teacher's youth and strength made caring for her a challenge
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Family-loving dad was diagnosed at age 43
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Last surviving sibling is in Alzheimer's grip, but life, love go on
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