Britain’s youngest dementia sufferer dies aged 24 and donates brain to science

Andre Yarham, 24, Britain’s youngest dementia sufferer, has died (Picture: Samantha Fairbairn / SWNS)

Britain’s youngest dementia sufferer, described as having a ‘heart of gold’, has died at the age of 24.

Following an infection, Andre Yarham, from Dereham in Norfolk, passed away on December 27, 2025, in a hospice.

Andre was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia due to a protein mutation a month before his 23rd birthday.

Frontotemporal dementia is a rare form of the...