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  • T TexasAg1969

    @bob806 said:

    Sad news. I lost my Dad the day after Christmas, 2019 due to complications from Alzheimer's. 

    Marty definitely made his mark here, just couldn't beat Elway. Those Browns teams were fun to watch, and real disciplined. 

    Lost my Mom to it 10 years ago next month. Went from a spry still hiking Rocky Mountain trials woman in her early 80's to death at 87 with no ability to remember anything she was told within 5 minutes of the conversation. It's a killer, not just a memory taker.

    Bob806B Bob806 wrote on
    #18

    @texasag1969 said:

    Lost my Mom to it 10 years ago next month. Went from a spry still hiking Rocky Mountain trials woman in her early 80's to death at 87 with no ability to remember anything she was told within 5 minutes of the conversation. It's a killer, not just a memory taker.

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

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  • Bob806B Bob806

    @texasag1969 said:

    Lost my Mom to it 10 years ago next month. Went from a spry still hiking Rocky Mountain trials woman in her early 80's to death at 87 with no ability to remember anything she was told within 5 minutes of the conversation. It's a killer, not just a memory taker.

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #19

    @bob806 said:

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

    Yes it is. I've been tested thoroughly by a diagnostic specialist since both her younger brother and sister also died of it. Fortunately it's not in my cards.

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  • Bob806B Bob806

    @texasag1969 said:

    Lost my Mom to it 10 years ago next month. Went from a spry still hiking Rocky Mountain trials woman in her early 80's to death at 87 with no ability to remember anything she was told within 5 minutes of the conversation. It's a killer, not just a memory taker.

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

    jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
    #20

    @bob806 said:

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

    This is the part I think some folks don't realize is what actually kills people who have this disease, most of the time.. Your brain literally deteriorates to the point where your body doesn't remember how to survive. Watching my grandfather go from dementia to Alzheimer's was such a heartbreaking period of my life.  The worst, to me, were those moments of lucidity where I saw a man who was aware at that point in time he was literally losing his mind. Talk about something I don't wish on my worst enemy. I hope Marty is able to be at peace.

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  • jrb12711J jrb12711

    @bob806 said:

    Yep. My dad was so bad he basically forgot how to eat & swallow. Inhaled some scrambled eggs at an assisted living place, got aspiration pneumonia, and was gone in a few days. 

    Just an awful disease.

    This is the part I think some folks don't realize is what actually kills people who have this disease, most of the time.. Your brain literally deteriorates to the point where your body doesn't remember how to survive. Watching my grandfather go from dementia to Alzheimer's was such a heartbreaking period of my life.  The worst, to me, were those moments of lucidity where I saw a man who was aware at that point in time he was literally losing his mind. Talk about something I don't wish on my worst enemy. I hope Marty is able to be at peace.

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #21

    @jrb12711 said:

    The worst, to me, were those moments of lucidity where I saw a man who was aware at that point in time he was literally losing his mind. Talk about something I don't wish on my worst enemy. I hope Marty is able to be at peace.

    My mother kept asking me if she was going crazy or losing her mind. I just kept giving her the same answer since she asked it often near the end, "No, you are just losing your memory Mom." We all felt blessed that she could remember who we were all the way to the end. And could smile in recognition with our correct names when any of us 5 kids walked into the room.

  • ballpeenB ballpeen

    Sorry to hear that.  I wish Marty and his family the best in tough times.

    At the risk of being inappropriate, Marty showed signs many years ago when he forgot about all else except for the linebacker position, bringing us Mike Junkin and Cliff Charleton.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #22

    @ballpeen said:

    Sorry to hear that.  I wish Marty and his family the best in tough times.

    At the risk of being inappropriate, Marty showed signs many years ago when he forgot about all else except for the linebacker position, bringing us Mike Junkin and Cliff Charleton.

    And, to be fair to Marty,  I don't know that he was the one making those picks.  Ernie Accorsi was still our GM at that point, and I am pretty sure he had final say. I am also sure that Marty had his input.   As good and respected as Ernie was....he obviously had his share of misses. (In his tenure here he also pick Eric Metcalf, Webster Slaughter, and  Eric Turner).

  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven wrote on
    #23

    My wife's best friend's mother was in the early stages of Alzheimer's when she died of heart failure, a year ago Monday.

    It sounds cold, but I can't help to think it was for the best. Seeing someone you love get to the point where they don't know their own family has to be fucking brutal. 

  • AxeA Axe wrote on
    #24

    HUGE Marty fan.. This saddens me beyond words 🙁

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  • nickersN nickers wrote on
    #25

    RIP Coach!

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  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
    #26

    To a good coach and a great guy RIP Coach Marty.

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    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
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  • jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
    #27

    I said it in the other thread, I just hope Marty went as peacefully as possible. The last days of my grandfather in hospice with sever Alzheimer's were unfortunately not graceful, and extremely tough. 

    I truly hope we find a breakthrough on this awful disease. RIP.

    ❤️
  • D BoneD D Bone wrote on
    #28

    RIP Coach, and thank you. 

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  • hoortaH hoorta wrote on
    #29

    RIP Marty, some great memories.  

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #30

    Damn it.  But knew it was coming when they put him in hospice.

    Fyi,  I had a client once.  He had to put his wife in a nursing home for her Alzheimer's,  but  she lived for like another  15-20 years even though she was totally non-cognitiant .  He was devoted to her....but he actually died first.  But then some die right away, like Marty here.  I wasn't sure which would be the case with him.  Now we know. 

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  • ATOMA ATOM wrote on
    #31

    RIP

  • ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on
    #32

    RIP Marty.

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
  • 5150k95 5150k9 wrote on
    #33

    RIP, Gods Speed  Coach.

  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #34

    I can tell you with certainty that there is as much relief that it is over as there is sadness that it is over. RIP Marty and may God bless your family and friends.?

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  • Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on
    #35

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  • Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #36

    RIP Coach 

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • gumby73G gumby73

    Terrible sad news, 

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    7 years of beating Alzheimer from the age of 70? That's another WIN nobody can take back Coach Shot'z... ? Prayers, our friend ..  

    I Icecube wrote on
    #37

    @gumby73 said:

    Terrible sad news, 

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    7 years of beating Alzheimer from the age of 70? That's another WIN nobody can take back Coach Shot'z... ? Prayers, our friend ..  

    "There's a gleam men." Best HC in Browns recent era (Super Bowl). He got screwed a lot during his career, including with the Browns. 

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