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[Suziepeach]

My heart is breaking for her son and friends, and yes I've met and spoken with Pat... Please keep them all in your thoughts..

Pat Summitt's family is no longer accepting visitors, her Pastor told

@Hallerin..  Stephens said the end is "very imminent."

[SoX]

Very sad ... she was my all-time favorite college basketball coach.

[MickD]

@Suziepeach - is she the basketball coach with Alzheimer's?????  My mind is blank.

[Suziepeach]

Yes @MickD, she is..  She is and always will be a legend in women's basketball and at the Un. of Tennessee... 

[Q4u]

I lost a very dear friend to early onset Dementia and it's horrible.  She passed away at the age of 62 after suffering with it from her mid-50's.  Devastating...  my deepest prayers for her and her family....

[DukeBlueNan]

She was an amazing coach and wonderful role model for all women. My prayers for her and her family. Terribly sad.

[SoX]

It seems her Alzheimer's progressed very rapidly.  

As an aside, my dearest friend, who has Lewy Body dementia ... just woke up recently and could no longer walk ... she's forgotten how.

[MickD]

@Suziepeach Oh how sad for her family and extended U family. I saw an interview with her not long ago...a year or so ago when she decided to retire. What a devastating progressive disease.

[Suziepeach]

She just turned 64 on June 14th and it was announced in 2011 about her Alzheimer's..  it seems it did progress rapidily.  She at one time wore some form of GPS and just didn't look right when we'd see her at basketball games.  You could tell the disease was taking it's toll, and she'd been moved into a facility back in January.  

[meallen616]