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Madlyn Rhue, a veteran television character actress whose long battle with multiple sclerosis forced an end to her career in the mid-1990s after nearly a decade of intermittent roles...
Aug 29, 2022 · With nearly 1 million people in the U.S. living with multiple sclerosis, it’s no surprise that some of them are celebrities. Here are 10 famous people with MS.
In 1977, Rhue was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. [3] She continued to work, including a role in Days of Our Lives, but by 1985, Rhue's legs had become so weak from the multiple sclerosis that she could only get around by wheelchair. [3]
- CNN anchor John King announced he has MS during a panel discussion on the topic of COVID-19 vaccinations. “I’m going to share a secret I’ve never shared before.
- TV and film actress Christina Applegate announced on Twitter that she had been diagnosed with MS in 2021, admitting, “It’s been a tough road.” In her announcement, Applegate quoted a friend with the disease as saying, “We wake up and take the indicated action.”
- Actress Selma Blair announced her MS diagnosis in an Instagram post in 2018, writing, “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy.
- The lead singer of the rock band Everclear opened up about having multiple sclerosis 3 years after his diagnosis. He’s been touring with the band and making new music and says he has plans to write a book.
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- Emma Caulfield Ford, TV and Film Actor. Best known for her role as Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, more recently, Dotti on WandaVision, Emma Caulfield Ford, 49, announced in October 2022 that she’s been living with MS for more than a decade but had kept her diagnosis secret from all but a few close family and friends.
- Christina Applegate, Actor and Producer. Christina Applegate rose to fame as a teenager when she played the role of Kelly Bundy in the 1987–1997 sitcom Married… With Children.
- Selma Blair, Television and Film Actor. The actor Selma Blair announced in October 2018, at age 46, that she’d been diagnosed with MS the previous August.
- Jack Osbourne, TV Personality. Jack Osbourne gained notoriety on his family's hit MTV reality show, The Osbournes. A stint in rehab for drug addiction and a dramatic weight loss also put him in the spotlight over the past decade.
Oct 23, 1987 · Rhue has heard from MS patients across America since her coming-out on 'Houston Knights'. Each letter is a fresh pierce to her emotions, so she can only deal with the correspence bit by bit.
Dec 20, 2003 · Ms. Rhue, who had multiple sclerosis, died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital, the hospital announced. Born in Washington, Ms. Rhue moved as a teenager to Los Angeles...
