NORDIC NEUROLOGICAL NETWORK

PROMINENT PARKINSON PROFILES

MOHAMMED ALI, 57, American boxer, The most wellknown person in the world slightly ahead of the second, pope John Paul 2.

POPE JOHN PAUL 2, visible tremor in the left arm, no official confirmation, but Parkinson condition disclosed by Bob Woodward.

MICHAEL J. FOX, Diminutive 38 years old film & tv star admitted to having Parkinson´s 26.11.1998 after 7 years of illness.

JOHNNY CASH, 67, country singer, announced 28th October 1997 that he had Parkinson´s and now had started taking medication for it.

JANET RENO (1938--) former US Secretary of Justice, of Danish origin, announced November 1995 that she had Parkinson´s.

BILLY GRAHAM, 81, televangelist suffered Parkinson´s since 1992 and ended his crusades in 2000.

VINCENT PRICE (1911-1993) leading horror actor of Hollywood died 1993, 82 years old, suffering of Parkinsons.

PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU, former prime minister of Canada, died 80 years old, suffering from Parkinson's disease.

WILLIAM MASTERS, (1916-2001) Sex Therapy Pioneer, dies at 85 of complications of Parkinson´s disease. Retired 1999.

HENRY WADE, Former Dallas County District Attorney (Roe vs. Wade and Jack Ruby cases) , died at 86 of Parkinson´s disease.

SIR JOHN BETJEMAN, (1906-1984) poet laureate of England 1972-1984.

MARGARET BOURKE WHITE, (1906-1971) photojournalist and "LIFE"-photographer.

MAURICE WHITE, musician of "Earth, Wind & Fire" rock band.

MICHAEL REDGRAVE (1908-1985) English film actor.

TERRY-THOMAS, (1911-1990) English comedian, announced 1980 that he had Parkinson´s for 10 years and that he was retiring.

KENNETH MORE, (1914-1982) British film and TV actor in 1980 announced his retirement due to Parkinson´s.

ARTHUR KOESTLER, (1905-1983) , British writer and reporter, debilitated and depressed by Parkinson´s disease.

YASIR ARAFAT, (1929-) Palestinensian leader believed to have Parkinson´s due to tremors especially of his lips and hands.

ENOCH POWELL, 85, British Right-wing Conservative Politician "The Best PM, who never was" died Feb. 98 fighting Parkinsons.

DEBORAH KERR, (1921--) British film actress got an Oscar in 1993 and was diagnozed with Parkinson´s in the last years.

KATHARINE HEPBURN, (1907- ) US film actress reportedly has Parkinsonism with severe head and jaw movements.

DUDLEY MOORE (1935-), Film-actor and comedian known for the "Arthur"- films suffers from the parkinson-related disease PSP.

FAMOUS ALZHEIMER PATIENTS

RONALD REAGAN, former US president and Hollywood actor announced his Alzheimer disease the 5th November 1994.

RITA HAYWORTH, (+1987) her strange behavior in later years was caused by Alzheimer's according to her daughter Yasmin Aga Khan.

IRIS MURDOCH (1919-1999) British Irish - born novelist and philosopher.

ARON COPLAND (1900-1990) US folksy-jazz composer died at 90 of Alzheimer´s.

WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997) Dutch painter and artist died at 93 still working despite his mental deterioration.

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989) US middleweight boxer died with Alzheimer´s , heart disease and diabetes.

E. B. WHITE (1899-1985) essayist and storyteller died at 86 suffering of Alzheimer´s.

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874-1965) according to biographer Ted Morgan, Maugham was severely hit by dementia.

BARRY GOLDWATER, US Republican politician, dead at 83. His family announced his Alzheimer´s September 1997. Retired 1986.

WINSTON CHURCHILL (b.1874) died 1965 after 8 years of increasing signs of mental deterioration.

"WILD BILL" DONOVAN, founder of CIA-precurser OSS lost his intelligence in his last years.

DEWITT WALLACE, founder of monthly magazine "Readers Digest" got Alzheimers together with his wife Lila.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, philosopher of the 19th century, whose mind went blank in his last years.

HENRY FORD (1863-1947) US car-maker, died 1947 after years of senility.

MARY REEVES, widow of country singer Jim Reeves (+1964) had Alzheimers and died 1999 in a nursing home.

DANA ANDREWS, (1909-1992) US movie actor

MAURICE RAVEL, (1875-1937) French composer of "Bolero"

EDMUND O'BRIEN, (1915-1985) US- Irish film actor

ARLENE FRANCIS, (1907-) US stage-TV-movie star of Turkish origin

AUGUSTE D., the first diagnosed Alzheimer-patient in 1906 described by German doctor Alois Alzheimer.

EPILEPSY

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) British author

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian composer

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Greek ruler

Julius Caesar (102-44 BC) Roman emperor

Napoleon (1769-1821) French Emperor

Byron (1788-1824) British poet

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) French author

Hector Berlioz, French composer

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759) British composer

Paganini (1782-1840) Italian violin virtuoso

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch painter