‘Owens received the Alzheimer’s Association’s first Young Champions Award during the gala for raising awareness in the fight against the disease. Owens’ support of the charity is inspired by the fact his grandmother has the disease. His grandmother, Alice Black, was diagnosed in 1996. She now is in an assisted-living home in Alabama, unable to recognize loved ones. "She’d been very, very instrumental in my upbringing," Owens said. "This is definitely a tribute to her."’