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Feeling him slipping away

Early-onset Alzheimer’s took his mother and grandfather. Now it’s taking Bruce Vincent, just 48. He’s lost a lot already, but not his calm or courage.

By Kay Lazar

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 14, 2010

At 48, with a face still wrinkle-free, Bruce Vincent is starting to forget things he has long known — how to stock shelves, how to make change at the cash register, how to read a digital clock.

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