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Daughter Says Former Buckeye Football Coach Has Alzheimer's Disease

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86-year-old former Ohio State University football coach Earle Bruce is the fifth member of his family to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  Bruce's daughter says his father and both of his sisters died of Alzheimer's and his brother also has the disease. He coached at the University of Tampa (1972), Iowa State University (1973–1978), Ohio State University (1979–1987), the University of Northern Iowa (1988), and Colorado State University (1989–1992), compiling a career record of 154–90–2

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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