11-05-2025
When Dad developed a worrying habit at 58, doctors put it down to stress. In fact it was the first sign of an unfathomably cruel disease
George Hardy was known to be an intelligent and articulate man who, as a top pharmaceutical research scientist, had dedicated his life to finding new drugs to beat viruses.
So when he began to lose the ability to find the right word for common household objects soon after he took early retirement at the age of 58, his family were rightly concerned. His TV director son Ben, 50, recalls watching George standing in the kitchen holding a knife, unable to remember what it was called.
