Pittsford, N.Y. (WHAM) – A mother of two who was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 43 has died. Amy Norton and her family were gracious enough to allow reporters with 13WHAM News to follow her journey over the last four years, beginning in 2014. 2015 – Early On-Set Alzheimer’s: One Year Later, 2016 – Putting a face on early onset Alzheimer’s to raise awareness, 2017 – A family’s continued journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Through the fight, the Nortons have become Alzheimer’s advocates. Early on-set Alzheimer’s affects about 200,000 people under the age of 65 each year.
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Woman profiled in early-onset Alzheimer’s story dies at age 48
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