Generally, you have to go read through dozens of articles and history summaries to come to some conclusion over this.
The beginning of this period? His son summed it up and said in this period of 1984....various little things started to occur where 'dad' simply didn't remember names that well, or connect events to dates. It wasn't Alzheimers at this point, but he was beginning to show memory issues. This was two years after the assassination attempt. At this point, he was 73 years old.
Somewhere in the 1989 period....riding a horse....he took a fall and had a concussion. It wasn't severe, but if you go back to this episode, you have to wonder about this triggering the next round of events.
Around five years after he left the Presidency....1994...he officially announced that he had full-up Alzheimers.
Death? Summer of 2004....roughly a full decade into the Alzheimers period. Personally, I don't think any of this 1980s period was more than periodic and minor forgetfulness. It advanced each year....no doubt. But it wasn't an Alzheimers period.
If you go and do the research....older folks who do have concussions (whether on bicycles, or by horse-back)....tend to have a 2.3 times higher chance of Alzheimers later in life.
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