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Sean Murphy

George Best's sister Barbara McNarry diagnosed with rare life-shortening illness

George Best’s sister Barbara has cruelly been diagnosed with a life-shortening illness, just six years after learning she has Parkinson’s Disease.

The charity campaigner, who has worked tirelessly to keep the memory of her soccer legend brother alive, revealed she has been diagnosed with the “very rare neurological condition” Multiple System Atrophy.

Doctors told Barbara and her husband Norman McNarry MSA is life-shortening and “this is as good as it gets”.

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