LONDON (Reuters) - It wasn't long ago that Stan Bowles could reminisce and share a joke with his old pal Don Shanks but now, ravaged by the terrible effects of Alzheimer's, the Queens Park Rangers great can barely recognise the friend he has known for 40-plus years.
Shanks has been so shocked at the way his former Rangers team mate's health has deteriorated that, despite having no history of distance running, he has entered Sunday's New York Marathon to raise funds for the 69-year-old Bowles and Alzheimer's research.
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