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DJ and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

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According to The Guardian, the broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has revealed he is living with Alzheimer's disease. The seventy-seven-year-old presenter, a fixture on the BBC since the nineteen seventies and the owner of one of the most familiar voices on British radio, said he received the diagnosis in twenty twenty-five. In sharing the news, Gambaccini struck a steady note, saying that for now life goes on as normal and that he continues to broadcast.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/10/paul-gambac...

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