By Luke Hawkins
THE world cup winner was announced to have the disease on Sunday, causing a huge response on social media.
Charlton, 83, made 606 appearances for Manchester United and scored 199 goals, at the time a club record.
Norma Charlton, Bobby’s wife, made the decision that the diagnosis should be made public to raise awareness of the disease.
The news came after his fellow World Cup winner, Nobby Stiles, died of the disease last Friday.
Bobby’s brother, Jack, also died of the disease.
Since there have been many Twitter posts paying tribute to the former United midfielder.
People also voiced their concern on the current rules with headers still being part of the game, even though the balls aren’t as dangerous.
The following article really helps illustrate how the game contributed to the significant amount of cases in England’s famous squad.
850,000 people in the UK suffer with dementia and the disease causes memory loss and reduces the ability to learn and solve problems.
520,000 of those cases have been caused by Alzheimer’s disease.
The decision to release the diagnosis is one that was made for the benefit of everyone affected by the disease and there is advice available online:
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