In connection to the Extensive List of Famous People and Celebrities with Diabetes Mellitus and Insipidus, I wanted to give you guys additional updates on which celebrities have these disease. Consider it a sequel to my earlier post.
Before that, I always start with sharing my experience as a nurse to our readers who might benefit from it in one way or another. Some months back, I was fortunate enough to care for this patient who had Diabetes Mellitus. I can tell the disease was already in advance stage basing from the vital signs shes showing, skyrocketing blood sugar levels (the reading I remembered was 400+ which is 4 times higher than normal). She had gangrene on her left big toe which I dressed every day. The doctor told her that the only way to stop the progression was to amputate the toe, and so he did schedule her for amputation days after. The patient was not at all happy about losing her toe but it was the lesser evil than her loosing her entire leg.
This is of course, not to discourage or frighten anyone but my point here is that prevention will always be better than cure. Dont let this happen to you or to your loved one.
So, to shift to a lighter side, here are the list of Celebrities and Famous People with Diabetes both Mellitus and Insipidus.
Jack Benny - Comedian
Halle Berry - Actress (Monster's Ball, X-Men, Die Another Day)
Wilford Brimley - Actor (Cocoon, The China Syndrome)
J. Anthony Brown - Actor (Drumline), comedian, radio personality, dLifeTV co-host
Delta Burke - Actress (Designing Women) Miss Florida; Miss USA
James Cagney - Actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Nell Carter - Actress (Gimme a Break)
Alvin Childress - Actor (Amos & Andy)
Dick Clark - Entertainer, television producer
James Doohan - Actor (scotty from Star Trek)
Dale Evans - Entertainer (The Yellow Rose of Texas, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show)
Stephen Furst - Actor (Animal House)
Victor Garber - Actor (Alias, Titanic, First Wives Club, Sleepless in Seattle)
Jackie Gleason - Actor (The Honeymooners, Smokey and the Bandit, The Hustler)
Dorian Gregory- Actor (Baywatch Nights, Charmed, The Other Half)
Dana Hill - Actress (Shoot the Moon, European Vacation)
Randy Jackson– Musician, producer, American Idol judge
Nocole Johnson- dLifeTV co-host; Miss America 1999; author and diabetes advocate.
Ziporra- Ballet teacher, former NYC Ballet Soloist
Larry King - Talk show host
Al Lewis - Actor (The Munsters)
Jerry Lewis - Comedian
Jerry Mathers - Actor (Leave it to Beaver)
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People) and diabetes advocate
Mother Love - Entertainer, author, motivational speaker, dLifeTV co-host
Richard Mulligan - Actor (Soap, Empty Nest)
Carroll O'Conner - Actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)
Park Overall - Actress (Empty Nest)
Della Reese - Actress, singer (Touched by an Angel)
Esther Rolle - Actress (Good Times)
Sir Harry Secombe - Welsh singer, entertainer; former president of the British Diabetic Association.
Jean Smart - Actress (Designing Women)
Elaine Stritch- Comedian, actress
Elizabeth Taylor - Actress (National Velvet, Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Jim Turner- Actor (Bewitched, Arli$$), dLifeTV co-host
Aida Tuturro – Actress (The Sopranos)
Mae West - Actress (My Little Chickadee, I'm No Angel)
Wasim Akram - Pakistani cricket fast bowler
Walter Barnes - Football and actor. Before acting career he played professional football for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, 1948-1951.
Sarah Bina - Championship clogger
Ty Cobb - MLB - Detroit Tigers
Scott Coleman - Swimmer - first man with diabetes to swim the English Channel, (August 17th 1996)
Kenny Duckett - NFL - New Orleans Saints
Rick Dudley - Hockey
Mike Echols - NFL - Tennessee Titans
Pam Fernandes - Para Olympian
Curt Frasier - NHL - Chicago Black Hawks
Walt Frazier - * NBA - New York Knicks
“Smokin’ Joe” Frazier - Boxing
Dave Hollins - 1993 Phillies World Series Third Baseman
James "Catfish" Hunter - MLB - Pitcher, Baseball Hall-of-Famer
Chuck Heidenrich - Skiing
ay Leeuwenburg - NFL - Indianapolis Colts Lineman
Michael Earl Malone -* Son of former NBA star Moses Malone.
Michelle McGann - LPGA golfer
Jackie Robinson - Baseball Player
Sugar Ray Robinson - Boxing
Ron Santo - MLB - Chicago Cubs legend
Mike Sinclair - NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
Sherri Turner - LPGA golfer
Scott Verplank - PGA golfer
Jo Ann Washam - LPGA golfer
David "Boomer" Wells - San Diego Padres Pitcher
Wade Wilson - NFL - Minnesota Vikings Quarterback
Nat Adderley - Jazz Musician
Syd Barret - Singer (Pink Floyd)
Danny Joe Brown - Singer (Molly Hatchet)
James Brown - 'The Godfather of Soul'
Johnny Cash - 'The Man in Black'
Mark Collie - Country Singer
David Crosby - Singer (Crosby, Stills, and Nash)
Miles Davis - Jazz Musician
Johnny Darrell - Country music singer
Phife Dawg - Rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)
Mama Cass Elliott - Singer (Mamas and the Papas)
Ella Fitzgerald - Singer
Mick Fleetwood - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
Aretha Franklin - 'The Queen of Soul'
Melvin Franklin - Singer
Jerry Garcia - Singer, Musician (Grateful Dead)
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician
Shirley Horn - Grammy-winning Jazz singer and pianist
Marvin Isley - Singer (The Isley Brothers)
Mahalia Jackson - Gospel Singer
Waylon Jennings - Country Singer
Herbert Kahury (“Tiny Tim”) - Singer
B.B. King - Blues Singer and Musician
Patti LaBelle - Soul singer
Peggy Lee - Jazz singer, Grammy winner
Tommy Lee - Drummer (Motley Crue)
Curtis Mayfield - Soul singer
Neil Young - Singer and guitarist
Gary Valenciano - Philipinno singer
Luther Vandross - Singer
That's it guys! Hope you had something after being on this post about list of Celebrities and Famous People with Diabetes. Till the next post.
0 comments
Post a Comment