What is wrong with Rebecca Pearson?

In its penultimate episode "The Train," This Is Us ripped our hearts out once again as we bade farewell to beloved matriarch Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore) after a long and arduous battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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What disease does the mom on This Is Us have?

You're able to see this isn't just an 80-something woman who is finding herself in decline with Alzheimer's. This is a woman who was a mother — a young mother and a young wife and a mother to teenagers and a mother to adults. We've seen so many different iterations and chapters.
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What is Rebecca dying from on This Is Us?

Back at the Pearsons' palatial residence, the family prepares to give their goodbyes to Rebecca, whose dementia has deteriorated to its final stage. One by one, each family member bids farewell to Mandy Moore's matriarch.
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What does Rebecca Pearson have on This Is Us?

January 2020 Rebecca is diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. More testing is to be done, but she wants to keep this between herself, Miguel, and Randall for now.
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What episode does Rebecca get diagnosed with Alzheimer's?

On the one hand, it was happy, as viewers saw Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Phillip (Chris Geere) finally say, "I do." But on the other, it was sad, because Rebecca's Alzheimer's is only intensifying. We knew this was coming, but Episode 13 marked a turning point in the Pearson matriarch's health.
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How did Miguel and Rebecca end up together?

Eventually, she warms up to him, and during another night at a bar with Rebecca and Jack, it is Rebecca who encourages him to go introduce himself to a woman at the bar who has been eyeing him. The two hit it off and get married, having two children together.
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What according to the doctor was Rebecca diagnosed with?

The matriarch of the Pearson clan discovered she is probably in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease when she went to the doctor with Kevin and Miguel to get the results of her MRI. The doctor told them that her mild cognitive impairment is “likely due to Alzheimer's.”
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Who is the father of Deja baby This Is Us?

He snuck into Deja's room, and the fans finally found out that it was Malik. He said, “I ran out of the restaurant as soon as I got your text.” So perhaps Malik owns a restaurant in the future. Malik is overjoyed to hear that Deja is pregnant in This Is Us Season 6 Episode 17.
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Who does Deja end up with in This Is Us?

"And sometimes young love does turn into forever love. I think this is an instance where we get to see what ends up happening or doesn't happen with the two of them." Seven episodes later, we finally got our answer: Deja and Malik are endgame!
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How old were Jack and Rebecca when the triplets were born?

We know from the show's pilot that the kids were born in 1980, making Jack (and presumably Rebecca?) 36 at the time.
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Does Rebecca have Alzheimer's on This Is Us?

In its penultimate episode "The Train," This Is Us ripped our hearts out once again as we bade farewell to beloved matriarch Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore) after a long and arduous battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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What was the name of the triplet that died on This Is Us?

However, he later decides to start the business, though the Big Three are about to start college. Two of the triplets (the third triplet, Kyle, was stillborn) and Randall (who had been left at a fire station) are all born on Jack's 36th birthday.
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What year were the Pearson triplets born?

The triplets Kevin, Kate, and Kyle Pearson were conceived during Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980. Their parents are Jack Pearson and Rebecca Pearson. Only Kate and Kevin survived the pregnancy and were born on August 31, 1980. Kyle was stillborn and did not survive the pregnancy.
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Who gets dementia in This Is Us?

This Is Us star Mandy Moore on portraying Rebecca's dementia, season 5, and flash-forward hints. "There's a couple of things that I think people are going to be like, 'Oh! Oh — oh. I didn't see that coming,'" Moore says of the deep-future flash-forward scene at Kevin's house.
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Does Rebecca go to the clinical trial?

In the end, Randall won. Rebecca agreed to leave her family to do the clinical trial. Kevin quickly found out that her decision was from Randall's persuasion and engaged in a very intense fight with his brother.
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Who has Alzheimer's in This Is Us?

Rebecca Pearson's journey with Alzheimer's on the hit TV show was an emotional one for Olivia Purevich. FISHERS, Ind. — Olivia Purevich has a special connection to the NBC show "This Is Us."
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Who does Kevin marry This Is Us?

This development concluded a two-episode romantic mystery involving not only Sophie but also a wedding singer named Arielle (Katie Lowes) and Kevin's good friend-turned-quasi-romantic-interest-turned-what-are-you-thinking-we're-just-friends, Cassidy (Jennifer Morrison).
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What is Deja's boyfriend name?

Young Deja (Lyric Ross) and boyfriend Malik (Asante Blackk) took their relationship to the next level in a January episode, but only time will tell whether their teenage romance lasted.
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Why did Malik break up with Deja?

Deja (Lyric Ross) lashed out at her adoptive father after her boyfriend, Malik (Asante Blackk), broke up with her, assuming he did so because Randall told him to. Deja left the cabin in the middle of the night to go see Malik in Boston.
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Is Deja pregnant?

Fans learned in the penultimate episode that not only were Deja and Malik endgame, they're expecting a child. As a follow-up to the news, Deja tells Randall she's pregnant with a boy—and the baby's name will be William, a special nod to Randall's biological father played by Ron Cephas Jones.
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Does Randall adopt a child?

Randall decides to adopt.

A child who really needs them. It honestly is the better way to honor Jack and (especially) William.
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How old is Deja in This Is Us Season 4?

There's a moment in the final season of This Is Us that encapsulates the Pearson sisters' relationship perfectly. Seventeen-year-old Déjà (Lyric Ross) has gotten caught sneaking off to see her boyfriend Malik (Asante Blackk) at Harvard, and Malik has offered to make the family dinner as a sort of peace offering.
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Was Rebecca Mrs Danvers daughter?

Her role in the novel

Nicknamed "Danny" by Rebecca, (but never given a first name), Mrs. Danvers was Rebecca's maid as a child and following the death of her previous mistress, persecutes the new Mrs. de Winter.
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Why did Mrs Danvers burn down Manderley?

She tries to undermine the new Mrs de Winter, but her efforts fail. After her scheme is ruined, Mrs Danvers apparently burns Manderley to the ground, preferring to destroy it than allow Maxim to share his home with another lover and wife.
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What does the end of Rebecca mean?

Rebecca's cancer was terminal, and the meaning of her final conversation with Maxim changes: She goaded him into killing her to spare her the pain of dying slowly and to ruin his life in the wake of her death.
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