Nile Rodgers says six family members struck down by Alzheimer's including his mum
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mirror.co.ukLegendary music producer Nile Rodgers has been the driving force behind every big name in music - from Madonna to The Jackson 5, from David Bowie to Duran Duran and from Mick Jagger to INXS.
But the former The X Factor judge has laid bare his secret heartache that SIX of his family members have been struck down by Alzheimer's.
As news of soap queen Barbara Windsor's death from the disease hit showbusiness friends and family this week, Rodgers talked of his anguish of five family members already dying from the degenerative dementia disease.
His mother, who is still alive in her 80s, is the latest to be struck by it. Talking about the toll on his family, New Yorker Nile said: "Six family members have had Alzheimer's.
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