Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver diagnosed with dementia

Tom Seaver.
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New York Mets great Tom Seaver has dementia and will no longer make any public appearances, his family said Thursday.

A 12-time All-Star, Seaver, 74, led the Mets to a World Series title in 1969. During the pitcher's 20-year career, he was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1967 and received three Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.