Second wife Anne that Eric first noticed flu-like symptoms and his It was September 1993 and just two months after his wedding to Time, at any age and can often prove fatal. Inflamed, affects 2500 people in the UK every year. Other side and I'm determined to make the most of this new lifeĮncephalitis, where the lining of the brain becomes swollen and He said: 'There are times when I feel upset and frustrated but 'It took me a long time to accept it was my life I was lookingĪt but I had to because there was nothing else I could do.'Įverything he has since learned about his life, family and career hasīeen told to him by his daughter, Michelle, 36.įrom being strangers when the disease struck 12 years ago, the twoĪre now incredibly close and Eric, 74, feels grateful for his second Proves I existed but it's still terribly sad. 'Thankfully, Evelyn kept plenty of photos and paperwork which 'So many times over the years I've wished for just a Of me dancing with my first wife Evelyn but it could be a stranger,

It's like looking into a stranger's life'There's one 'Even now I look at them and don't recognise myself. Remember being shown photographs of me when I was younger and not having He said: 'Several months after the encepahlitis had struck I The former cabaret star had lost all memory of a glittering stageĪnd the memory loss was ultimately to lead to the failure of his GRANDAD Eric Smith woke up after two weeks in a coma to discover heĪ potentially fatal brain disease - encephalitis - had robbed himīizarrely he was still able to read and write and speak almostīut Eric could not even recognise himself in family snaps. APA style: Real lives: The dancer in the picture is a stranger but my family says it's me Brain bug robs Eric of precious memories.Real lives: The dancer in the picture is a stranger but my family says it's me Brain bug robs Eric of precious memories.' Retrieved from 2005 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday 21 Feb. MLA style: 'Real lives: The dancer in the picture is a stranger but my family says it's me Brain bug robs Eric of precious memories.' The Free Library.

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