While he was still able to fight the disease taking over his mind, Tony Dunne asked for a gun to end his torment.
Before David Herd could no longer recognise who he was, he began defacing photographs of himself at home.
Well into his 70s, Bill Foulkes would be up in the middle of the night searching for his football boots, convinced he was still playing for Manchester United.
All three were part of the United team who went on to win the European Cup in 1968.