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He was a Golden Globe, Academy Award, Emmy, and BAFTA-winning English actor, producer, and director.
Laurence’s first appearances on the stage were in schoolboy productions of Shakespeare.
Olivier appeared in films with all 3 of his wives:
He was an actor who starred in the series as detective Jeff Spencer.
In addition, Smith appeared in movies including “No Time to Be Young,” “Man of a Thousand Faces,” and “Auntie Mame.”
Roger was married two times, 1st to model Victoria Shaw and then to Ann-Margret. In 1994, during an interview with the New York Times
In 1965, Roger Smith was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, which forced him to retire from performing.
He is an Indian film actor who was known mainly for his roles in action films. He is most likely the most popular star in the history of India’s cinema.
Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani in 1969.
In 1983, while filming Coolie, he received a near-fatal injury.
In the year 2000, Amitabh Bachchan became the 1st living Asian to have been immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
In 2003, Amitabh was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Bachchan has won 6 International Indian Film Academy Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards, including the Best Actor Award in 2010 for his performance in Paa. Amitabh has an estimated net worth of 400 million dollars.
He was born on August 21, 1920, in Chelsea, London, England.
As a kid, Robin was the basis of Christopher Robin, a character in his father’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
Christopher Robin Milne also has MG, and the condition would kill Robin in his sleep in April 1996.
He was an English memoirist, actor, and novelist who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables
When he was in the 10th grade, Brandon was diagnosed with MG. In the present day, Brandon Cox is the Director of Business Development at Hoar Construction.
American athlete and 2005 Olympic champion James Carter wasn’t always the 15th fastest man in the world. Although he started competing at a very young age, MG didn’t stop to ask if the time was convenient. Diagnosed with myasthenia gravis at the age of 12, he became unable to participate in sport. James couldn’t run due to his disease, but he also couldn’t walk or perform other everyday tasks.
After doctors found a tumor on his thymus and he had to undergo a thymectomy, his symptoms significantly improved. The procedure, however, is now thought to also be beneficial for MG patients who don’t develop tumors
Known as Static Major, Stephen was an award-winning hip hop artist who worked with big names like Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child and Lil Wayne. At age 33 Stephen was diagnosed with MG after being rushed to the hospital by his wife Avonti who woke up in the middle of the night, alerted by his labored breathing. Stephen had begun showing signs of the disease earlier when his speech got slurred – a prominent symptom of MG.
After multiple tests, doctors finally came to a diagnosis. The same night they would perform a procedure called plasmapheresis – similar to dialysis – to clear the toxins from his blood. Surgery was scheduled for the next day. However, Stephen, who already had fear of hospitals, wasn’t convinced this was the best course of action.
The first woman elected as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma was a social activist and a social worker, invested in improving children’s living situation. In her time as an activist, she was dedicated to helping rural citizens and improving the standing of Native Americans.
Wilma Mankiller was honored with many awards among which the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In her 64 years on this Earth, Wilma achieves impressive results both in her political career and in her activism, all the while fighting multiple health issues, myasthenia gravis only being one of them. Mankiller died in 2010 from one of the many serious diseases she was battling at the time – pancreatic cancer.
