ITV newsreader Alastair Stewart has revealed he has early onset vascular dementia.
The TV legend, 71, announced his retirement in March this year, saying at the time that the “rigours of preparing for two live interview shows a week, and commuting from Hampshire to London for them, are considerable”.
Now, Alastair has spoken about his health diagnosis during an interview on GB News.
Alastair Stewart reveals dementia diagnosis
Speaking on The Camilla Tominey Show, Alastair said: “I mean, the headline story, and it is relatively dramatic, I suppose, is that about six, nine months ago, I began to feel one of my favourite words, a bit discombobulated.”
The star explained that he went to see his GP and was sent for a scan that revealed he had had a series of “minor strokes that are called infarct strokes”.
His dementia diagnosis then followed.
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