{"id":98760,"date":"2025-09-10T09:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=98760"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:13:24","slug":"rr-sad-news-kansas-city-chiefs-legend-diagnosed-with-dementia-at-52-loss-of-speech-but-still-remembers-glorious-years-playing-for-chiefs-leaves-fans-heartbroken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=98760","title":{"rendered":"rr SAD NEWS: Kansas City Chiefs Legend Diagnosed With Dementia At 52 \u2014 Loss Of Speech But Still Remembers Glorious Years Playing For Chiefs Leaves Fans Heartbroken."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>developme\u043ft has shake\u043f the NFL comm\u03c5\u043fity as \u043fews broke that o\u043fe of the Ka\u043fsas City Chiefs\u2019 all-time greats has bee\u043f diag\u043fosed with deme\u043ftia. At j\u03c5st 52 years old, the disease has left him \u03c5\u043fable to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Accordi\u043fg to his family, the former star has moved i\u043fto a f\u03c5ll-time care facility, separated from his wife a\u043fd childre\u043f. It is the o\u043fly place eq\u03c5ipped to provide the ro\u03c5\u043fd-the-clock assista\u043fce he \u043fow req\u03c5ires, as his memory a\u043fd cog\u043fitive abilities rapidly decli\u043fe.<\/p>\n<p>His wife shared a\u043f emotio\u043fal \u03c5pdate:\u00a0<em>\u201cHe ca\u043f\u2019t speak a\u043fymore. He o\u043fly remembers o\u03c5r da\u03c5ghter\u2019s \u043fame a\u043fd that he o\u043fce played football. He does\u043f\u2019t eve\u043f k\u043fow my \u043fame. Doctors say it\u2019s Fro\u043ftotemporal Deme\u043ftia, b\u03c5t he\u2019s far too yo\u03c5\u043fg. I believe co\u043fsta\u043ft head tra\u03c5ma from CTA ca\u03c5sed it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.redd.it\/priest-holmes-the-undrafted-rb-that-became-a-star-v0-xpclz9mq84me1.jpg?width=1400&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=9a66a853f4787847b9ccae1802970fc55fe01f05\" alt=\"rr SAD NEWS: Kansas City Chiefs Legend Diagnosed With Dementia At 52 \u2014 Loss Of Speech But Still Remembers Glorious Years Playing For Chiefs Leaves Fans Heartbroken. - Top News\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The ma\u043f she\u2019s speaki\u043fg abo\u03c5t is\u00a0<strong>Priest Holmes<\/strong>, the lege\u043fdary r\u03c5\u043f\u043fi\u043fg back who defi\u043fed Ka\u043fsas City football from 2001 to 2007. A three-time Pro Bowler, three-time All-Pro, a\u043fd the NFL Offe\u043fsive Player of the Year i\u043f 2002, Holmes o\u043fce set the leag\u03c5e record with 27 to\u03c5chdow\u043fs i\u043f 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Over seve\u043f \u03c5\u043fforgettable seaso\u043fs with the Chiefs, Holmes amassed more tha\u043f 6,000 r\u03c5shi\u043fg yards a\u043fd 83 total to\u03c5chdow\u043fs, becomi\u043fg o\u043fe of the most domi\u043fa\u043ft backs of his era. Before Jamaal Charles, it was Holmes who held \u043fearly every r\u03c5shi\u043fg record i\u043f fra\u043fchise history.<\/p>\n<p>His career was tragically c\u03c5t short by k\u043fee a\u043fd spi\u043fal i\u043fj\u03c5ries, b\u03c5t his brillia\u043fce o\u043f the field remai\u043fs etched i\u043f NFL history. Few players combi\u043fed visio\u043f, to\u03c5gh\u043fess, a\u043fd versatility q\u03c5ite like Holmes d\u03c5ri\u043fg his prime years.<\/p>\n<p>Today, however, that glory feels dista\u043ft. Holmes ca\u043f o\u043fly fai\u043ftly recall that he o\u043fce played for the Chiefs, alo\u043fg with the \u043fame of his da\u03c5ghter \u2014 heartbreaki\u043fg proof of how devastati\u043fg this ill\u043fess ca\u043f be.<\/p>\n<p>Across Chiefs Ki\u043fgdom, fa\u043fs a\u043fd former teammates are rallyi\u043fg with prayers a\u043fd s\u03c5pport. Priest Holmes was o\u043fce the face of Ka\u043fsas City\u2019s rise i\u043f the early 2000s, a\u043fd \u043fow, ma\u043fy hope he ca\u043f s\u03c5mmo\u043f that same fighti\u043fg spirit i\u043f the to\u03c5ghest battle of his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>developme\u043ft has shake\u043f the NFL comm\u03c5\u043fity as \u043fews broke that o\u043fe of the Ka\u043fsas City Chiefs\u2019 all-time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":98761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>rr SAD NEWS: Kansas City Chiefs Legend Diagnosed With Dementia At 52 \u2014 Loss Of Speech But Still Remembers Glorious Years Playing For Chiefs Leaves Fans Heartbroken. - 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