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Israeli basketball legend Mickey Berkowitz’s severe dementia diagnosis revealed in documentary

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What happened

Berkowitz has been living in a care facility away from his home in recent months, and the film documents his family’s efforts to cope with his condition. Mickey Berkowitz, widely regarded as Israel’s greatest basketball player and one of the country’s greatest athletes, is suffering from severe dementia, it was officially revealed Monday evening during the Channel 12 documentary Mickey Berkowitz’s Last Shot.

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