Favre, 54, revealed the diagnosis while testifying before a U.S. House committee about his role in a controversy over millions of dollars of misspent welfare funds in his home state of Mississippi.
Former NFL all-star quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease. Favre played 20 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Green Bay Packers. He retired in 2011. Favre won the Super Bowl and was a three-time NFL MVP. He also had his share of concussions and said he had often had memory loss.
"I thought it would help others," he said Tuesday during the hearing."It was too late for me because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's."
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