Mike Quarry passed away at age fifty-three of pugilistica dementia in a Los Angeles nursing home; how tragic! His brother died at age fifty-five of the same disorder. They brought class, courage and charisma to boxing. Requiescat in pace, Mike. :'(
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Mike Quarry passed away at age fifty-three of pugilistica dementia in a Los Angeles nursing home; how tragic! His brother died at age fifty-five of the same disorder. They brought class, courage and charisma to boxing. Requiescat in pace, Mike. :'(
fifty-three (sic); i.e., fifty-five.
God Rest their souls. That is far too young to die.
Shame...RIP
HUlk, ditto, I am 64. Very sad.
since both brother died of the same thing might there be a genetic tie in to all of this.....they claim it was pugilistica dementia..what are the odds that it happens to BOTH brothers??? on average 5 out of every 10000 people suffer from some form of dementia....that's only .o5% chance...and both brothers get it ......I think genetics played a big part in this....Quote:
Originally Posted by Raeder
The odds are exactly the same as it happening to any other two people. The fact they are brothers is not relevant to the odds.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigragu
And if it happens to 5 people in every 10,000, as you say, then the odds are 2,000:1 that the first brother gets dementia, and also 2,000:1 that the second brother gets dementia.
I think !!
R.I.P :army:
It seems likely that there was something genetic which made both more susceptible to getting the disease, doesn't mean that boxing wasn't the eventual cause.