Marty Schottenheimer ill?

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Did anyone else catch Tim Grunhard on Petro's show the other day? Marty came up in a discussion about the temperaments of the 1990s Chiefs teams Grunny played on, and he mentioned almost in passing that "Marty isn't doing too well these days." He said something like, "I don't know if it's dementia or what you call it ..." And Petro indicated that he was aware of it as well. And that was it.

I don't remember hearing or reading that before. Is that common knowledge that I just missed? Anyone else have any info?

UPDATED: It's official:

Alzheimer's disease won't prevent Marty Schottenheimer from attending 30th reunion of Browns 1986 season

There were whispers that Schottenheimer was ill. The whispers were true.

About five years ago, Schottenheimer, 73, was diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer’s, a form of the brain disease that affects some 5 million people in the United States and is the sixth-leading cause of death in America.

On Friday, Schottenheimer and Pat, his wife of 48 years, will attend Byner’s reunion with about 25 players and coaches from the last Browns team to win 12 regular-season games and come within five minutes of reaching the Super bowl.

“He’s in the best of health, [but] sometimes he just doesn’t remember everything,” Pat said. “He functions extremely well, plays golf several times a week. He’s got that memory lag where he’ll ask you the same question three or four times.

“He remembers people and faces, and he pulls out strange things that I’ve never heard, but he’s doing well. It’s going be a long road. We both know that.”