UK News - January 20, 2009

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UK News - January 20, 2009
Daily Mirror, 20/01/2009 Page: 18,19..Wonderful Mark made me so happy .. he doesn't deserve this Alzheimer's aged only 35..TRAGEDY OF A YOUNG DAD STRUCK DOWN WITH PRE-SENILE DEMENTIA..EXCLUSIVE BY BETH NEIL beth.neil@mirror.co.uk..Photo captions: SO IN LOVEDione and Mark soon after they first met; RENEWING A LOVE Retaking their vows in 2006; MUM'S THE WORD Dione with Bethany, left, and Ellie Pictures: MIKE MOORE; HAPPIEST DAY Mark and Dione get married in 1997....MARK Priddy is the father of two beautiful girls. He has a wife who worships him and a close circle of loving friends and family.....But Mark doesn't know it.....Four years ago, at the age of just 35, he was diagnosed with pre-senile dementia. Now, just two months away from his 40th birthday, he can no longer speak, walk or feed himself.....There is the odd flicker of recognition for wife Dione. He sometimes manages a smile for his daughters, Eleanor, 12, and 10-year-old Bethany. But the kind, fun, strong and witty man who was the life and soul of the party has gone.....His family can only watch him deteriorate further. It's a cruel demise, a human tragedy and without hope