This author who battled Alzheimer's in her final years was the subject of the movie "Iris"
[DOC] [TLE] Iris and Her Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire by Bayley ... [PAR] AbeBooks.com: Iris and Her Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire: 8vo, 275 
... Review: Novelist Iris Murdoch died in 1999 after a three-year battle with 
Alzheimer's disease.