Lorraine Kelly pays tribute to ‘quite amazing’ Fiona Phillips following devastating Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis
delivered the news about Fiona's heartbreak to viewers today, saying: "We're all sending our huge best wishes to Fiona Phillips because of course well known to all of you as the former presenter of GMTV for more than a decade I think and just a hugely popular presenter and journalist.
"We all know and love her, she's also been an incredible advocate for families living with Alzheimer's."added: "Her mother was diagnosed in her 50s, her symptoms were certainly picked up in her 50s, her father then in his 60s and her uncle as well. "And now Fiona herself has been diagnosed, it's called young-onset Alzheimer's. She was diagnosed at the age of 61."Lorraine, seen with Fiona and the team on the GMB sofa, said she was being 'really brave, really optimistic'Fiona recently told how she and husband Martin Frizell had kept her diagnosis separate from her two sons
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