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06 May 2006 09:39

Caption: Angie Dickinson at the 92Y promoting the new season of PBS Pioneers of Television. New York City, USA

Dickinson Fights For Alzheimer's Cure

Actress ANGIE DICKINSON has launched a one-woman crusade to find a cure for memory-robbing Alzheimer's disease as a tribute to her late sister. The POLICE WOMAN star's sister, MARY LOU BELMONT, battled the insidious illness for 20 years before she passed away in December (05) - and now DICkinson is planning a major Alzheimer's awareness campaign to make sure her sibling didn't suffer in vain. The actress, 74, plans to testify in front of Congress in a desperate bid to prompt politicians to find more cash to fund research. She says, "I know she (sister) didn't die in vain and that's a blessing. It's because of her that I became involved. "Mary Lou's legacy is that she increased our awareness and so many more people now know what a tragic disease this is." More than 100,000 Americans succumb to Alzheimer's every year.

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9th May 2006 17:57 PMichaud (1)

	I have just read that Angie Dickinson will begin a campaign to raise funds for Alzheimer's research.....bravo and many kudos! As a social worker at the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, I can only applaud her efforts to make what had to have been an excruciating caregiving experience into something much more positive that will undoubtedly benefit many, many others. Thank you so much, Angie, for coming forward and joining our cause in such a public way. You are to be admired.