{"id":15636,"date":"2021-09-12T05:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T05:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/terry-mcdermott-liverpool-legend-diagnosed-with-dementia\/"},"modified":"2021-09-12T05:51:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T05:51:21","slug":"terry-mcdermott-liverpool-legend-diagnosed-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/sport\/terry-mcdermott-liverpool-legend-diagnosed-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McDermott: Liverpool legend diagnosed with dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terry McDermott won three European Cup titles with LiverpoolFormer Liverpool and England midfielder Terry McDermott has been diagnosed with dementia.The 69-year-old scored 81 goals in 329 appearances for the Reds between 1974 and 1982.McDermott, who also had two spells as a player for Newcastle, says he is in the early stages of Lewy body dementia after undergoing hospital tests.&#8221;I&#8217;ve got to get on with it and I will. It&#8217;s the way I&#8217;ve been brought up,&#8221; he told the Liverpool club websiteexternal-link.&#8221;Nothing has come to me easily. I&#8217;m not frightened of taking it on and also, as we&#8217;ve seen, there are a lot of former players in a worse state than me.&#8221;Battling is second nature. The worst thing was, until my condition was diagnosed you don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on. 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