Lorraine Kelly was one of the first stars to offer a public display of support to Fiona Phillips,. after the former GMTV presenter revealed she'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Fiona's family have already been hit hard by the disease, with her mother, father and uncle all suffering from it and, revealing her owe crushing diagnosis, Fiona told The Mirror: "It's something I might have thought I'd get at 80. But I was still only 61 years old."
Sharing her 'anger' at it happening to her as well, Fiona, who was once a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, added: ""My poor mum was crippled with it, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle. It just keeps coming back for us."
