Famous People with MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
Famous people with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) are listed on this page. As one can see with a quick glance, the onset of MS, a neurological disorder, does not necessarily mean that one cannot live a full life.
The symptoms and severity differ for different people. The famous people with MS listed on this page were able to achieve in spite of their illness, so there is hope for others as well.
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Richard Pryor |
List of Famous People with MS
Jacqueline Creed Archer Javier Artero Louise Arters April Arvan Stan Belinda Richard Berghammer Jackie Bertone Michael Blake Bill Bradbury Rachelle Breslow Nicky Broyd Martin Bruch Deborah Bruening Clive Burr Dan Carnevale Neil Cavuto Donal Coghlan Richard Cohen Sean Coman Carrel Cowan-Ricks Roland Cloutier Betty Cuthbert Deanna Davis Denise Davis Joan Didion Wayne Dobson Deborah Downey Khiawatha Downey Michel Dupuis Michael R. Duval Stanley Elkin Donna Fargo Lola Folana Bryan Forbes Michael Frimkess Annette Funicello Roman Gabriel Teri Garr Sarah P. Gibbs Brenda Gildehaus Marianne Gingrich Chrystal Gomes Beverly Graham Judy Graham Judy Grahn Nicola Griffith |
Robin Gurr William Hartnell Joseph Hartzler Eve Hayes Heinrich Heine Stewart Henry Lucien Hervé Jimmy Heuga Lena Horne Alastair Hignell Jennifer Huget David Humm Frieda Inescort Brian Irvine Valerie Jankowski Skrabut Barbara Jordan Jonathan Katz Hal Ketchum Johnny Killen Susan Kisslinger Stanley Knowles David “Squiggy” Lander Carl Laemmle, Jr. Ronnie Lane James LaRocca Melanie Lawson Margaret Leighton Wendy Lill Kathryn Lindskoog Ernie McAlister Roger MacDougall Nancy Mairs Natalie Mandzhavidze Maureen Manley Emily Mann Diana Markham John Medica Maxine Mesinger Laura Mitchell Mary Mullarkey John Mythen William Newman Ken Novak Paul Novoselick Cindy O’Connor Alan Osmond Jim Oelschlager |
John Pageler Lisa Peck Jim Poulin Richard Pryor Richard Queen Richard Radtke Jacques Raverat Adam Riedy Madeline Rhue John Robson Doug Robinson Fausto Rocha Ronald Rogers Wendy Carol Roth James Scofield Eric Simons Dean Singleton Keith Snyder Henry Steele Stephanie Stephens Kevin Stevenson Karen G. Stone Kelly Sutton Joan Sweeney Mike Szymanski Mitch Terpstra Bobby Thompson Joe Torsella Larry Tucker Yury Tynianov Norah Vincent Wally Wakefield Jackie Waldman Clay Walker Danny Wallace Clifford T. Ward Rich Warden Robert “Wingnut” Weaver Maggie Weder Cathy Weis Paul Wellstone Stephen White Paul Willey Montel Williams Victoria Williams Victor Willing Paul Wolfskehl |
As one can see by this long list of famous people with MS, it is a particularly crowded field with this disease. But, just because one contracts MS does not mean that with early diagnosis and treatment that one cannot live a full life.
Comedian Richard Pryor (pictured above) was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986. He lived with MS for nearly 20 years before succumbing to a heart attack in 2005 in Encino, California.
Talk show host Montel Williams (pictured below) was diagnosed with MS in 1999. In 1996 he received a Daytime Emmy Award for The Montel Williams Show. Now, Williams is the national spokesperson for the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) which helps low-income people receive prescription drugs free or at reduced costs.
Montel Williams
Actress Teri Garr (pictured below) acknowledged publicly in 2002 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. After recovering from a brain aneurism two years earlier, in 2008, Garr appeared, without a wheelchair, on the David Letterman show to promote the movie Expired. Garr is a spokesperson for both Society’s Women Against MS and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Teri Garr
The celebrities and other notables on this page have achieved much in spite of having Multiple Sclerosis. You and your loved ones can, too.
External Links
Montel Williams Interview with Dr. Oz
http://www.oprah.com/health/Montel-Williams-Battle-with-MS-Overcoming-Depression-and-Pain