The widow of Edinburgh's Sean Connery has donated $1 million to try and find a cure for the condition that struck the famous actor in his final days.
Lady Micheline Connery, 92, decided to make the donation to Edinburgh University scientists after seeing the impact is had on her husband as he passed away.
She told the Sunday Mirror : “Dementia is a devastating disease that not only takes the spirit from the sufferer, but poisons the ecosystem of the family as they experience a loved one slowly fade away.
