In December 2007 he announced that he had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease which he described as an "embuggerance". He has spoken out about the lack of funding into Alzheimer's (3% of whats spent on cancer research) and donated a million dollars to the Alzheimer's Research Trust.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7560713.stm</ref> | In December 2007 he announced that he had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease which he described as an "embuggerance". He has spoken out about the lack of funding into Alzheimer's (3% of whats spent on cancer research) and donated a million dollars to the Alzheimer's Research Trust.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7560713.stm</ref> |