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GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER AND
HIS FAMILY IN MOURNING TONIGHT.
THE GOVERNOR'S MOTHER HAS DIED
AT THE AGE OF 84.
GOOD EVENING.
I'M KATE MERRILL.
I'M KEPT McCLOUD.
ALICE ELIZABETH BAKER WAS 84
YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN
SUFFERING WITH ALZHEIMER'S FOR
THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE.
Reporter: THIS IS A SAD
STORY.
THE GOVERNOR'S MOTHER HAS
BATTLED ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IF
YEARS APPEAR THE FAMILY HAS
BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
TONIGHT, THE SADNESS IS INTENSE
BUT MRS. BAKE ARE LEAVES BEHIND
A SHINING LEGACY.
HER FULL NAME WAS ALICE
ELIZABETH BAKER BUT SHE WAS
NOPE AS BETTY.
THE MATRIARCH OF A CLOSE FAMILY
LOVED BY SO MANY.
BETTY BAKER BRAVELY BATTLED
ALZHEIMER'S FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS
CONSTANTLY SUPPORTED BY HER
FAMILY INCLUDING HER SON,
GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER WHO
ALLUDED TO HIS LOSS SATURDAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HANG AROUND
AND HEAR WHAT YOUR CLASS
PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY AND WATCH
THE ENTIRE CEREMONY BUT,
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A DEATH
IN MY FAMILY AND I NEED TO GET
BACK TO THEM.
Reporter: AT HIS
INAUGURATION, BAKER LAMENTED
THE FACT THAT HIS MOM'S ILLNESS
LAMENTED HER FROM BEING THERE.
DAD, LOVE YOU AND MOM BOTH.
I AM VERY MUCH WHO I AM BECAUSE
OF YOU.
I WISH MOM COULD BE HERE TO SEE
THIS.
MY MOM WAS A VIBRANT --
Reporter: JUST LAST MONTH,
AN EMOTIONAL GOVERNOR BAKER
REACTIONED TO WORD THAT A MOVIE
WAS PLANNED TO MAKING LIGHT OF
RONALD REAGAN'S BATTLE WITH
ALZHEIMER'S.
MY MOM WAS A CHARMING,
VIBRANT, TOTALLY LIFE WOMAN.
THERE WAS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT
IT.
EVERY 66 SECONDS, SOMEONE IS
DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S.
TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL
BE WOMEN.
WHY DO WOMEN'S BRAINS GET
ALZHEIMER'S MORE THAN MEN'S
BRAINS AND SOME OF THE MONEY WE
ARE RAISING TODAY, WE WANT TO
FUND RESEARCH TO HELP ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS.
Reporter: BECOME HERE LIVE
AT THE STATE HOUSE TONIGHT, THE
GOVERNOR'S FAMILY IS CERTAINLY
GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT AT
THIS HOUR.
IN FACT, MAYOR WALSH IS SENDING