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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (born December 28, 1949) is a Swiss-born American philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease. She is the youngest daughter of American movie actress and dancer Rita Hayworth, and the third child of Prince Aly Khan, Pakistan's representative to the United Nations from February 1958 until his death in 1960.
Yasmin Aga Khan was born on December 28, 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Prince Aly Khan, Pakistan's former representative to the UN, and American actress/ dancer Rita Hayworth. She has three half-siblings namely, Rebecca Welles Manning, Prince Amyn Aga Khan and His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV. Yasmin studied at Buxton School and International School of Geneva. She then graduated from Bennington College in 1973.
Aug 19, 2016 · Yasmin talks to Joan Lunden about her mom's Alzheimers Disease, which was diagnosed in 1980. Yasmin cared for her mother in her final years.
Apr 22, 2023 · Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. The love of a Princess for her forever famous movie star mother has inspired the raising of over $85 million for care, support and research efforts into the disease that destroyed her life at too young an age. As the 35 th annual Alzheimer’s Association Chicago Rita Hayworth Gala approaches at the Four Seasons Chicago on May 13 th, ...
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan is a Swiss-born American philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease. Introduction Yasmin Aga Khan Early life
Oct 23, 2018 · Rita Hayworth was one of America’s favorite pinups during World War II. To Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, however, Hayworth was simply ‘mom.’ Khan spoke to Fox Ne...
Mar 31, 2019 · Editor’s note: (April 2, 2019) An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Princess Yasmin Aga Khan was the Aga Khan’s step-sister. In fact, she is his half-sister. In fact, she is his ...
Dec 24, 2023 · Philippe Etienne, the Ambassador of France to the United States, seen decorating Princess Yasmin Aga Khan with France’s Knight of the Legion of Honor at a ceremony held in New York in October 2022.Princess Yasmin made the fight against Alzeihmer’s disease her life’s work, marked by the dementia that gradually took her mother, the famous actress Rita Hayworth, in the 1980s.
Apr 1, 2022 · Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, 4th from left, and other Board Members of the Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADI) including Rhonie Berlinger look on as Jerome Stone, the founding member OF the Alzheimer’s Association and ADI, presents a plaque to President Ronald Reagan at the White House on December 6, 1988. The President had earlier declared November as the Alzheimer’s month. Both Princess Yasmin and Ms. Berlinger were among the first to join the Alzheimer’s Association.
For years, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan had known that something was desperately wrong with her mother, actress Rita Hayworth. In 1981, doctors gave a name—Alzheimer's—to the Hollywood legend's memory loss and sudden rages, but they couldn't help her daughter slow the disease's steady progression.
