User talk:JohnMarkoff

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Douglas Engelbart and Alzheimer's Disease
Earlier today you made a change to the "Death" section of the article on Douglas Engelbart with an edit summary of "Correct cause of death to remove erroneous reference to Alzheimer's Disease". Alzheimer's Disease is mentioned in the cited Washington Post (AP) article as follows: "His death of acute kidney failure occurred at his home in Atherton, Calif., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, according to one of his daughters, Diana Engelbart Mangan." And the Wikipedia article before your change said:
 * Engelbart died at his home in Atherton, California on July 2, 2013, due to kidney failure, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

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So, no one is claiming that Alzheimer's was the (primary) cause of death. Do you feel that he did not have a long battle with Alzheimer's? If so, what makes you think that? There is a discussion on the article's talk page about this that you might want to participate in. --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 02:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC)