Malcolm Young RIP

[airborne]

He had a stroke and contracted dementia as a result.

Poor Angus, he's lost both brothers in the space of a few weeks.

How do you contract dementia, I thought it was a progressive age related thing?

 

[TooFastTim]

How do you contract dementia, I thought it was a progressive age related thing?

Not necessarily. It can be contracted as a result of brain injury. American football has a disproportionate number of cases and links have been suggested in soccer as a result of heading the ball. A stroke is a form of brain injury.

 

[maumau]

BBC has a documentary with Alan Shearer called Dementia, Football and Me.

First flighted 12 November 2017.