Strictly Come Dancing star Arlene Phillips has opened up about her fears of developing Alzheimer's after caring for her father Abraham who died from the disease in 2000

The BBC Strictly star is opening up on her father’s Alzheimer’s fears after her dad was diagnosed with the deadly disease.

Arlene Phillips' dad Abraham, a former barber, began showing signs of the illness a decade earlier when Arlene was in her late forties - attempting to make tea in the kettle, placing empty pans on a lit stove, appearing bewildered at his daughter's home near his flat. She was working tirelessly on Andrew Lloyd Webber's revamped Starlight Express in the West End, while also raising two daughters, Alana, now 45, and newborn Abi, now 34.

Now, Arlene has shared her fears over the disease, revealing sh

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