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The great twentieth-century Abstract Expressionist painter Willem De Kooning (1904-1997) developed Alzheimer's disease in his late seventies. But for the next few years, into his early eighties, De Kooning continued to create museum-quality paintings, demonstrating the capacity for preserved skills despite the decline typical of Alzheimer's.

Cohen, G. D. (2000). The creative age: Awakening human potential in the second half of life. New York: Avon Books.