List Of Famous People With Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis was formerly known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminates which is a chronic, potentially incapacitating and debilitating disease that affects the brain and spinal cord that is the central nervous system. There is as yet no effective or permanent cure for Multiple Sclerosis. Most of the Multiple Sclerosis patients do well with no therapy at all, especially since many medications have serious side effects and some carry significant risks.

Three forms of beta interferon, the Betaseron, Avonex, and Rebif have now been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis. A doctor may diagnose Multiple Sclerosis in some patients soon after the onset of the illness. However in other cases doctors may not be able to readily identify the cause of the symptoms, leading to years of uncertainty and multiple diagnoses. Multiple sclerosis strongly affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States and probably more than 1 million people around the world. Multiple Sclerosis affects twice as many females as males.

Among the famous people, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III, was an American writer, comedian and actor had been suffering from multiple sclerosis since 1986. In response to giving up therapeutic drugs after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he said God gave him worst Multiple Scleroses to save his life. Another famous personality Donna Fargo, a country music singer and songwriter and the best known by pop fans for her 1972 country or pop crossover hit song, had multiple sclerosis, yet vowed to fight it and continue on with her career. Although hardly ever discussing about health issues in interviews, the disease Multiple Sclerosis appears to have been in remission for many years. Fargo has also long been a source of inspiration for others similarly afflicted.

William Henry Hartnell was a famous English actor, and the internationally popular sci-fi series made Hartnell a star all over again however multiple sclerosis forced him to relinquish the role to Patrick Troughton in the year of 1966. In the early stages he suffered a series of strokes brought on by cerebrovascular disease and died peacefully in his sleep of heart failure. Again, Clive Burr was the famous drummer in the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He was also unfortunately diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the treatment of which left him deeply in debt. Iron Maiden staged a series of charity concerts and was involved in the founding of the Clive Burr multiple sclerosis Trust Fund.

Alan Osmond was a famous member of the 1970s music group The Osmonds and was the head of the Osmond Family. Later on, Alan got unable to perform in Osmonds due to his multiple sclerosis. Later on in the year of 2000, Alan received the Dorothy Corwin Spirit of Life Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Socity.

Margaret Leighton was a famous English actress. She for her superb performance in a play Separate Tables (1956) won the Tony Best Actress Award; she also won another Tony Award in that category for The Night of the Iguana (1962), playing Hannah Jelkes opposite Bette Davis as Maxine Faulk. Margaret Leighton later on died of multiple sclerosis, aged 53, in Chichester, West Sussex.

• John Palsson
• 16/01/2009, 2:59 PM
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