Famous People Are Human
Famous People with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease is a condition in which the functions of the brain start to deteriorate. As time goes by, attributes like the memory starts to go, and a person is suddenly not able to remember where they are or what they have done.
 Ronald Reagan |
Other people with this disease are trapped in the past, and do not remember that they are in the present time, and have conversations with people that may have happened years before. |
There have been many famous people Alzheimer’s Disease such as Ronald Reagan, Norman Rockwell, Rita Hayworth, Burgess Meredith. And, while not a celebrity, Auguste Deter was the first person to be diagnosed with this disease.
List of Famous People Who Have / Had Alzheimer’s Disease
| Joe Adcock Mabel Albertson Dana Andrews George Balanchine Sir Rudolph Bing Astor Brooke James Brooks Charles Bronson Rae Lyn Burke Abe Burrows Carroll Campbell Glen Campbell Joyce Chen Perry Como Aaron Copland Willem De Kooning James Doohan Thomas Dorsey Peter Falk Tom Fears Louis Feraud |
Arlene Francis Mike Frankovich John Douglas French Estelle Getty Barry Goldwater Rita Hayworth Raul Silva Henriquez Charlton Heston Charles Kao Philip Klutznick Mervyn Leroy Jack Lord Ross MacDonald Burgess Meredith Leroy Mervyn Iris Murdoch Edmond O’Brien Arthur O’Connell Marv Owen Rosa Parks Molly Picon |
Terry Pratchett Otto Preminger Ferenc Puskas Bill Quackenbush Maurice Ravel Ronald Reagan Harry Ritz Sugar Ray Robinson Norman Rockwell Daniel Simon Scott Larry Dee Scott Richard Sharp Irving Shulman Betty Schwartz Omar Sharif Adolfo Suárez Pat Summit Kay Swift Alfred Van Vogt E.B. White Harold Wilson |
Alzheimer’s does not discriminate whether you are a famous person or not, it can strike anyone at any time. Here is information on the causes of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Norman Rockwell
Age: Many people think that growing older means that Alzheimer’s Disease is inevitable. However, people who think that getting this degenerative disease is just a part of aging are incorrect. After the age of 65, the risk for getting Alzheimer’s does go up, but there are other factors that can play a part into whether a person gets diagnosed with the condition or not.
Plaque in the arteries: Having clogged arteries can clog up the arteries in the heart, but it can also clog up arteries in the head. The protein called beta-amyloid is inside the blood vessels in the head. Beta-amyloid can build up in the blood vessels to the point where the protein can interfere with how the brain cells communicate with one another.
Rosa Parks
Alzheimer’s Disease in the family: If any member of the immediate family has been diagnosed with the condition such as a parent, uncle, aunt, cousin, brother, sister, or child, then a person is twice or three times as likely to develop the disease once they get to the age of 65 or beyond.
Alzheimer’s Disease does not discriminate for or against people who are rich and famous because it can happen to anyone. This deadly disease claims around 23,000 American lives per year. If a person is at risk for it, then this is a conversation they need to have with their primary care physician and their loved ones.