came the vow of sickness and death do us part. >> we knew that he was strong, fast, and smart, but john mackey never knew he was sick. >> he never knew. >> john died of a form of allsheimers lustral and sylvia remembers. >> it was a friend of his and i heard him say to his friend, my mom just kicked over. that is street talk for just died. and i looked at him in shock. and he was just sitting there again with that blank stare. >> that blank disease would take every penny out of his memory bank. for the next 40 years, she was left to fill in the blanks for the love of her life. >> i had to preserve what we had. i had to make sure that he was as happy as he could be. >> he forgot yesterday. she worried about tomorrow. like how she was going to get him into adult diapers. >> i brought i am home while he knew what i was saying and i said honey, look what the nfl sent. he opened the package and took a care out and put them on, went over to the mirror, patted his stomach and said hey, these are nice. >> every day, he got the mail, only because the mailbox was 19. johnny u's number. >> i know. i know