Former Tottenham defender Joe Kinnear has been living with dementia for the last six year, his wife has revealed - with the ex-Newcastle boss currently in the 'late stages' of the disease.
The 74-year-old was diagnosed with the condition in 2015 after acting 'aggressively and moody', Bonnie Kinnear told the Telegraph - something which shocked her as her husband was a 'larger than life character'.
Kinnear eventually saw a doctor and was later told he had early onset vascular dementia, but now she has made the heartbreaking admission that his condition has deteriorated.
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'He started to get moody - a bit depressed.