I was talking with my sister the other day and she suggested that well known people like the ones in the entertainment industry, sports or politics who have Lyme might help to make folks more aware of this nasty disease.I'm curious who might fit that description?? Does anyone know?
I know I don't fit that desciption, but I'm happy to have found this group- people like me who are struggling.
Posted by Starfall1969 (Member # 17353) on :
Why, I do.
I'm famous...really.
I think Darryl Hall has Lyme,and I think he does have info on it on his website.
Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
George W. Bush does.
Hugs,
Geneal
Posted by glm1111 (Member # 16556) on :
There was a long list posted on the board a while back. You can do a search.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
yes, use the search found at top
famous lyme celebrities support subject ; 2nd search use TEXT any date leave membership no. blank, click search.
read all posts/replies; if none, use BACK change subject to text, click search again.
if none change support TO MEDICAL and do the same as i typed above.
Posted by PB4 (Member # 20799) on :
Thanks. I was able to search the thread from late last year. I'm amazed how many famous people have Lyme.I wish they would all rally for the cause. Perhaps some of them are doing something and I haven't heard. Maybe they all feel as bad as we do some days. Didn't Alec Baldwin do a movie on Lyme?
Posted by Jin (Member # 11735) on :
Dear PB4, I heard Alec Baldwin did a movie on Lyme as well. Amy Tan, the author of "The Joy Luck Club" also has it. Yet another celebrity victim of the disease is Jamie Lynn-Sigler of "The Sopranos". She was actually partially paralyzed for a while. More people are coming out of the woodwork now.
Sincerely, Jin
Posted by PB4 (Member # 20799) on :
Thanks,Jin. I may actually try to find this movie if it has been released.
Posted by LisaS (Member # 10581) on :
Does Richard GEre? I heard he got it while making Pretty Woman. Or was that just a rumor?
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
pb4,
would you find the link i mentioned above, and paste it here for all to read the list of names of celebrities; thanks Posted by PB4 (Member # 20799) on :
Berkley Bedell, former Iowa Congressman Burrascano, Joseph Md (LLMD) George W. Bush, President of the USA Neneh Cherry, member of musical group "Fine Young Cannibals" Mary-Lynn Currier, marathoner Nick Esasky, former baseball player Michael J. Fox, actor Julie Furtado, professional bike rider Richard Gere, actor Pete Harnisch, New York Mets pitcher Rob Hill, TargetChip Ganassi Racing team crew chief Rob Kress, former Detroit weathercaster, WXYZ (Channel 7) Wanda Kurdziel - hiker/backpacker Brooke Landau - TV weather forecaster, California Irene McGee, former cast member of MTV's "The Real World" Tara McMenamy, three-time All-American cross country skier Carrie Nye, Dick Cavett's wife Chelsea O'Donnell, daughter of Rosie O'Donnell, TV hostess George E. Pataki, Governor of New York Gary Player, golfer Kevin Salem, rocker Peter Sarsgaard, actor Tom Seaver, former New York Mets pitcher Pete Seeger, folk singer and activist Jamie Lynn Sigler, singer (Meadow on "The Sopranos") Tim Simpson, professional golfer Diane Varsi, actress Alice Walker, author Christie Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey Cody Willard - Fox News Anchor Michael Zaslow - Soap Opera, "Guiding Light", actor
I was watching a movie with John Lurie in it. He's a musician/composer also, besides being an actor. I was wondering "what happened to that guy?", because I was a fan. I looked him up, and read an interview with him--he talked about Lyme and his struggle with it.
Also singer Carly Simon who lives on Martha's vineyard (still i believe) and actress Kathleen Turner (Body Heat), and Rose O'Donnell's daughter
Brad Faxon, the golfer We can add Matthew Modine and Robert Kennedy Jr's entire family.
Now I hear Alec Baldwin has Lyme ?
Bill Chinook ?
Rebecca Wells, author ?
Amy Tan, author ?
Meg Cabot, "The Princess Diaries" ?
Peter Sarsgaard, Actor ?
Jamie-Lynn Sigler-DiScala, actress (Sporanos) ?
Sen. Chuck Schumer D. NY ?
Is this all true ???
Authors Amy Tan, Rebecca Wells, and Meg Cabot; singers Pete Seeger, Darryl Hall, Neneh Cherry, and Bill Chinnock; pro golfers Tim Simpson, "Lumpy" Herron, and Gary Player;
football player Wayne Sexton; baseball players Pete Harnish and Tom Seaver; supermodels Christy Turlington and Christy Brinkley; reporters Kathy Fowler, Brooke Landau, and Rob Kress;
actors Richard Gere, John Lurie, Carrie Nye, Irene McGee, Jamie Lynn Siegler, and Mary McDonnell;
governors George Pataki, Christie Todd Whitman, and Phil Bredesen; senator Chuck Schumer; and President George W. Bush.
Randy Travis
********************************************** I may have missed cutting and pasting some of these, but I tried to get them all. I left out the ones that were speculation. If anyone wants to see the original post, I searched "famous People" and it was from 12/08.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
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Search "Mary McDonnell, lyme" at You Tube. She did a very nice video when the Columbia lyme center opened.
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