![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tv-legend-alastair-stewart-reveals-he-has-dementia-months-after-retiring/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ga3rr2-alastair-stewart-itn-reporter-559001924.jpg&description=Breaking STAR'S BATTLE Published : 11:49, 10 Sep 2023 Updated : 11:51, 10 Sep 2023 TV legend Alastair Stewart has revealed he has vascular dementia just months after retiring following a 50-year career on air. The former ITV newsreader and journalist, 71, said today his "very short-term memory" had become "tricky" and his motor skills "very tricky". 1 Alastair Stewart has revealed he has vascular dementia Credit: Alamy He told GB News he visited his GP after beginning to feel "discombulated" six to nine months ago. His final day in work came in March after he announced his retirement .){kind=link}
TV legend Alastair Stewart has revealed he has vascular dementia just months after retiring following a 50-year career on air.
The former ITV newsreader and journalist, 71, said today his “very short-term memory” had become “tricky” and his motor skills “very tricky”.
He told GB News he visited his GP after beginning to feel “discombulated” six to nine months ago.
Scans suggested he had suffered a series of strokes before being diagnosed with vascular dementia, which he described as “incurable”.
His final day in work came in March after he announced his retirement.