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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: angela515 on September 10, 2007, 12:04:48 PM
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A couple of thoughts: I wish a real celebrity would develop kidney failure. No, I don't wish anybody that. I just think if a famous likeable person would get kidney failure, it would raise awareness, maybe get more people to be organ donors, etc.
Do you know who George Lopez is? He has a kidney trasnplant from his wife... I don't think he ever went on dialysis, but he still suffered many years of feeling like shyt from his failing kidneys.
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No offense, but I never even heard of George Lopez. I did some research, and he's an Hispanic stand-up comedian who had a TV show last year that was not a hit. No offense (again) but that's not a real celebrity, in my opinion. Now if George Bush got kidney failure, well, then maybe. . .
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No offense, but I never even heard of George Lopez. I did some research, and he's an Hispanic stand-up comedian who had a TV show last year that was not a hit. No offense (again) but that's not a real celebrity, in my opinion. Now if George Bush got kidney failure, well, then maybe. . .
Actually maybe you should do some more research.. he has a HIT tv show, and it's still on the air. ABC... It's very good... so yeah.. he is a "real celebrity"... (no offense)
Also... Former NFL football players Ron Springs, left, and Everson Walls greet each other before a news conference after their successful organ transplant in Dallas in this March 2, 2007 file photo. Walls donated a kidney to Springs, and the former Cowboys teammates will serve as honorary captains for the team's Sept. 9 season opener.
He's considered a "real celebrity" also... Raising awareness.
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I could be wrong, but wasn't Berry White on dialysis at the time he died?
Adam
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You are correct Adam. :thumbup;
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And Humorist Art Buchwald and author James Mitchner and Broadway writer Neil Simon.
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Neil Simon?? :o No waaay, (oh wait, i think i am thinking of Neil Diamond) ::) Who the heck is Neil Simon?
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Neil Simon?? :o No waaay, (oh wait, i think i am thinking of Neil Diamond) ::) Who the heck is Neil Simon?
An American playwright and screenwriter:
Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Murder by Death, and The Goodbye Girl, to name only few.
But we're getting off-topic ...
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Who's Neil Simon? OMG! lol, anyway - welcome! Glad you are doing better! Unfortunately, "real celbrity" types usually get transplanted faster than us nornmal types. Wonder why?????
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Who's Neil Simon? OMG! lol, anyway - welcome! Glad you are doing better! Unfortunately, "real celbrity" types usually get transplanted faster than us nornmal types. Wonder why?????
That's not true to every celebrity... however I know it was very true for that basketball player in 1999.... pissed me off.
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Who's Neil Simon? OMG! lol, anyway - welcome! Glad you are doing better! Unfortunately, "real celbrity" types usually get transplanted faster than us nornmal types. Wonder why?????
Alonso Mourning, is that who you are talking about. If so, I go to the same doc. His pic is on the wall in the room. I told my doc I didn't wnat to have a transplant because of the drugs and weight gain and my doc pointed to Alonso's pic. He looks awesome. It was taken after his transplant. Of course, Alonso has millions...I just have medicare. :sarcasm;
And Hello and :welcomesign; Jannie. I am new here too. Not on dialysis yet. I hope you are feeling better and dialysis is going better.
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Yes, that's him. He got his so fast because he was famous, so they did his testing and donor testing very fast instead of scheduling them months apart, and then scheduled the surgery asap.
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I do know that Alonso and George did have live donors, i am sure that had a great deal to do with their speedy transplants (at least thats what i thought) ::) I am sure the money helped as well ;)
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I had a live donor the same year as Alonso.. what pissed me off... was me and my mom started our testing before he did, months before, and yes our transplant was done months after his. So yeah... he was moved along VERY quickly due to his being famous.
As for George, he didn't get one quickly... he went through life with failing kidneys and didn't even start looking for a donor until his doctor told him it was time.
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Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru, fashion critic (Access Hollywood, E!, Entertainment Tonight) had 1st transplant 2004 from a friend. After it failed, his Mother donated a kidney in 2005. You see him on all major talk shows and in magazines. So, add another to the list of celebreties. This disease does not discriminate between rich, poor, old, young, ugly, pretty------but no disease does. My sister-in-law had breast cancer for 3 years. She is very wealthy and was able to fly all over the country for new treatments. She died in May. Money doesn't solve these horrilbe illnesses. It does help pay for things and I sometimes could use a little more of it!
Back on topic!!! :welcomesign; This is an incredible site with tons of information
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((Off Topic))) Maybe we should move the individual posts about celebrities into a topic of its own "Celebrities with Kidney Disease"? Just a thought, it's an interesting thread of it's own. :)
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Excellent idea Angela, :2thumbsup; and we shall do just that ;) ;) thank you :clap;
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And there is Gary Colemen.
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Don't forget Ed Masry who was Erin Brockovich's long time employer. She was the go getter, he was the attorney.
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Cant think of any British ones ? I just love they way ,when its cancer it makes headlines tho'
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Famous Kidney DONORS:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
LeVar Burton Actor 16-Feb-1957 La Forge on Star Trek: TNG
Jake Garn Politician 12-Oct-1932 US Senator from Utah, 1974-93
Oscar Robertson Basketball 24-Nov-1938 NBA's Most Valuable Player 1964
Franz Vranitzky Head of State 4-Oct-1937 Chancellor of Austria, 1986–97
Famous Kidney RECIPIENTS:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Erma Bombeck Columnist 21-Feb-1927 22-Apr-1996 The Grass is Always Greener
John Brockington Football 7-Sep-1948 Green Bay Packers running back
Steven Cojocaru Critic 5-Jan-1965 Entertainment Tonight fashion critic
Freddy Fender Musician 4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
James Holshouser Politician 8-Oct-1934 Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77
Ken Howard Actor 28-Mar-1944 The White Shadow
Bruno Kreisky Head of State 22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
George Lopez Comic 23-Apr-1961 Stand-up comic, George Lopez Show
Jay Miner Engineer 31-May-1932 20-Jun-1994 Father of the Amiga Computer
Kerry Packer Business 17-Dec-1937 26-Dec-2005 Richest man in Australia
Billy Preston Musician 9-Sep-1946 6-Jun-2006 Wrote You Are So Beautiful
Zulu Actor 17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O
Found on: http://www.nndb.com/event/578/000091305/
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Sean Elliot (basketball player).
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Famous Kidney DONORS:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Jake Garn Politician 12-Oct-1932 US Senator from Utah, 1974-93
Senator Garn may also hold another record as well. It appears that he is the first living donor to have flown in space! Jake Garn flew as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on Discovery, STS-51-D in April of 1985!
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And Humorist Art Buchwald and author James Mitchner and Broadway writer Neil Simon.
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Three of my favorite famous people!! Plus I like George Lopez too!! He is funny as heck!
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
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I would like to see the Larry King interview. I have always enjoyed Walter Matthau's work. What a genius he was.
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I knew about Walter Matthau, and his decision, I hadn't realized John Ehrlichman had also. Interesting. How come, as noted earlier, if it's NOT cancer, it's not as publicized? Not as glamorous? I hadn't realized Walter had done an interview with Larry King. I bet that was good. Walther Matthau was a very intelligent man, as well as an entertaining actor.
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I didnt know that about Walter Matthau, I loved him as Buttermaker in The Bad News Bears (remember that)? But i think i loved him in The Grump Old Men even better. :2thumbsup; R.I.P. Walter :angel;
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Walter Payton, an NFL football player--I think he played for Chicago(I do know he was originally from Mississippi, died waiting for a kidney transplant.....it was so sad.
Beth
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
Stauffenberg, once again you twist the truth. Walter Matthau did not die of kidney disease or "prefer death" as you claim above. ESRD was a contributing factor but not the actual cause of death.
From Wikipedia the cause of Walter Matthau's death:
Walter Matthau died of full cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79. After heart surgery, doctors discovered that he had colon cancer, which had spread to his liver, lungs and brain. However, on his death certificate the causes of death are listed as cardiac arrest and atherosclerotic heart disease, with ESRD and atrial fibrillation added as "other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to [primary] cause..." (see [1]) with no mention of the cancer.
See Stauffenberg...he had a heart attack...now unless you are claiming he willed the heart attack on himself he hardly "preferred death". If you can't get your facts right please don't post at all.
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Richard Pryor was on dialysis - NxStage! just prior to his death. Our training nurse told us this while we were training. He was one of the first people to be on NxStage and apparently in some of his last interviews, you can see the machine in his house.
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
Here's the interview - about 5 months before Walter's death - he was apparently on dialysis, a result of kidney damage from some medications he received when hospitalized - http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/10/lkl.00.html
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Walter Payton, an NFL football player--I think he played for Chicago(I do know he was originally from Mississippi, died waiting for a kidney transplant.....it was so sad.
Beth
Walter Payton was waiting for a liver transplant, according to Wikipedia: "After struggling with a rare liver disease for several months, Payton died in 1999 at the age of 45."
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Sean Elliot (basketball player).
San Antonio Spurs forward Sean Elliott, who underwent kidney transplant surgery August 16, 1999, served as spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation 2000 US Transplant Games. This Olympic-style event is for athletes who have received life-saving organ transplants of every type, including kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas and bone marrow.
After suffering from focal glomerulosclerosis for six years, Elliott received a kidney transplant from his brother, Noel. Elliott, served as color commentator for the Spur during his leave, triumphantly returned to the Spurs starting line-up as of March 14, 2000. Elliott's return to basketball, unprecedented in sports history, was another comeback for him. He returned from knee surgery to sink the shot that brought the Spurs an NBA title.
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:oops; for some reason I thought it was a kidney...I guess I shouldn't post after having a beer....eeek!
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Beth
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:oops; for some reason I thought it was a kidney...I guess I shouldn't post after having a beer....eeek!
:)
Beth
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
Stauffenberg, once again you twist the truth. Walter Matthau did not die of kidney disease or "prefer death" as you claim above. ESRD was a contributing factor but not the actual cause of death.
From Wikipedia the cause of Walter Matthau's death:
Walter Matthau died of full cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79. After heart surgery, doctors discovered that he had colon cancer, which had spread to his liver, lungs and brain. However, on his death certificate the causes of death are listed as cardiac arrest and atherosclerotic heart disease, with ESRD and atrial fibrillation added as "other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to [primary] cause..." (see [1]) with no mention of the cancer.
See Stauffenberg...he had a heart attack...now unless you are claiming he willed the heart attack on himself he hardly "preferred death". If you can't get your facts right please don't post at all.
I don't completely believe everything on Wikipedia. Anybody, from a professor to your 10 year old cousin can log on and edit the information. While doing research for a paper last year, I found a lot of info on that site was factually incorrect based on other research from encyclopedias, researchers and the government. Every professor I've had to write a paper for in the last year or so, have all said that they do not accept research from Wikipedia.
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Karol, thanks for posting the Larry King interview. I really wanted to read it, but hadn't begun to search for it. You are always on top of things!
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
Stauffenberg, once again you twist the truth. Walter Matthau did not die of kidney disease or "prefer death" as you claim above. ESRD was a contributing factor but not the actual cause of death.
From Wikipedia the cause of Walter Matthau's death:
Walter Matthau died of full cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79. After heart surgery, doctors discovered that he had colon cancer, which had spread to his liver, lungs and brain. However, on his death certificate the causes of death are listed as cardiac arrest and atherosclerotic heart disease, with ESRD and atrial fibrillation added as "other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to [primary] cause..." (see [1]) with no mention of the cancer.
See Stauffenberg...he had a heart attack...now unless you are claiming he willed the heart attack on himself he hardly "preferred death". If you can't get your facts right please don't post at all.
IMO ESRD played the bigger role in the heart attack. Its not uncommon for cause of death to be listed as something else rather than the effects or problems caused by the ESRD. Cardiac episodes are the leading cause of death in dialysis patients.
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My husband and I were just discussing this. He wonders how many people had renal failure, but had other complications, so cause of death is listed as heart failure or whatever. His point is that if it was cancer, that would be what they listed as cause of death. Great thread!
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First of all, Livecam should note that NO WHERE did I say that Walter Matthau preferred death to life with kidney disease. For those able to read English, it is clear that I said that death was preferred to life with kidney disease by Ehrlichman and the Canadian Supreme Court justice, NOT Matthau.
Second, cardiac arrest is the major final step to death in people on dialysis, which does not mean they did not essentially die of the effects dialysis had in contributing to their cardiac death. After all, if you want to get technical, by the same stupid reasoning which concentrates only on the final step of the dying process rather than the fundamental, underlying cause which sets it in motion, people who shoot themselves in the head don't die of a gunshot wound, but from strangling on their own blood as it pours down their neck while the brain is incapable of regulating deglutition to prevent choking!
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What about Stephen Spielberg? He had a nephetomy a number of
years ago, but he would never admit what the problem was. I hope his
other kidney is working better than my one after my nephetomy. I wonder
if he had kidney cancer like I did but won't say for publicity reasons.
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A very famous actress in the 1930's The Very First Blonde Bombshell, Jean Harlow, died of kidney failure. That was, of course, before the days of dialysis and transplants.
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Jean Harlow probably had one of the autoimmune diseases which attack the kidneys, such as vasculitis. There was absolutely no treatment for vasculitis until prednisone was used as an immunosuppressant to slow down its attacks starting in the 1960s, so back in the 1930s, the doctors had nothing to do but watch the actress die while making themselves look useful by writing, 'Strange idiopathic renal disease' in their notebooks. Mozart is thought by medical historians to have died of the same or a similar condition, probably Henoch-Schoenlein Disease, another autoimmunity form which attacks the kidneys.
Another classic actor (from 'Casablanca' and 'The Maltese Falcon') to die of renal failure was Sidney Greenstreet, the massively overweight fellow who developed type 2 diabetes and then renal disease secondary to that.
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I think this thread is very cool.
Lets not take away from that with stuff like this.
If you can't get your facts right please don't post at all.
Even if someone were to post false information I seriously doubt there is/was intent to do so. What motive does anyone here have to do such a thing.
I probably should have kept my mouth shut on this one but it just seems very wrong to me.
I hope I'm not too far out of line. -George
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I'm famous and I have had a kidney transplant. ::)
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And Mr. Rimbo, mind if i ask you where we could possibly know you from?? Wait a minute, i remember one time we went into this Adult Book Store and there was this video and the guy...... he looked just......with a thicker mustache and a fro, i think................naaaaaaaaah, couldn't be ::) (but if it is, can you autograph my movie) :P ;) :oops;
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And Mr. Rimbo, mind if i ask you where we could possibly know you from?? Wait a minute, i remember one time we went into this Adult Book Store and there was this video and the guy...... he looked just......with a thicker mustache and a fro, i think................naaaaaaaaah, couldn't be ::) (but if it is, can you autograph my movie) :P ;) :oops;
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Goofynina..it was the OTHER movie he was in. He can autograph my copy!
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And Mr. Rimbo, mind if i ask you where we could possibly know you from?? Wait a minute, i remember one time we went into this Adult Book Store and there was this video and the guy...... he looked just......with a thicker mustache and a fro, i think................naaaaaaaaah, couldn't be ::) (but if it is, can you autograph my movie) :P ;) :oops;
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :bandance;
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Jonah Lomu - A Famous New Zealand Rugby Player.
And Mr. Rimbo, mind if i ask you where we could possibly know you from?? Wait a minute, i remember one time we went into this Adult Book Store and there was this video and the guy...... he looked just......with a thicker mustache and a fro, i think................naaaaaaaaah, couldn't be ::) (but if it is, can you autograph my movie) :P ;) :oops;
There ya go again Susie trying to corrupt another poor innocent mind........! ;) ;D
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And Mr. Rimbo, mind if i ask you where we could possibly know you from?? Wait a minute, i remember one time we went into this Adult Book Store and there was this video and the guy...... he looked just......with a thicker mustache and a fro, i think................naaaaaaaaah, couldn't be ::) (but if it is, can you autograph my movie) :P ;) :oops;
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl; I cracked up laughing in the middle of class (it was a computer class--I'm not :urcrazy;)! Thank goodness the professor didn't make me share what I was laughing about!! >:D
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Resurrecting an old thread:
Actor Grizz Chapman of NBC's "30 Rock" is serving as an advocate for organ donation, just a month after undergoing a kidney transplant.
Sean Elliot, NBA Basketball, San Antonio Spurs star, is a kidney recipient
Aron Eisenberg, actor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a transplant patient
Actress Lee Remick had Kidney, Liver, Lung Cancer
Among the names in: "Notable people, who have been successfully treated for kidney cancer" are US director Steven Spielberg and BBC journalist Nicholas Owen.
David Westling, husband to Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria underwent a kidney transplant in 2009. His father was the donor.
Hollywood fashion commentator Steven Cojocaru has now had 2 kidney transplants.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organ_transplant_donors_and_recipients
Here's an update to the previous list:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Marion Barry Politician 6-Mar-1936 Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Erma Bombeck Columnist 21-Feb-1927 22-Apr-1996 The Grass is Always Greener
John Brockington Football 7-Sep-1948 Green Bay Packers RB
Tony Canadeo Football 5-May-1919 29-Nov-2003 The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga
Steven Cojocaru Critic 5-Jan-1965 Entertainment Tonight fashion critic
Natalie Cole Singer 6-Feb-1950 Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole
Kenny Easley Football 15-Jan-1959 Seattle Seahawks
Freddy Fender Musician 4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Charles B. Fruit Business c. 1947 27-May-2008 Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola
James Holshouser Politician 8-Oct-1934 Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77
Ken Howard Actor 28-Mar-1944 The White Shadow
Bruno Kreisky Head of State 22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
George Lopez Comic 23-Apr-1961 Stand-up comic, George Lopez Show
Jay Miner Engineer 31-May-1932 20-Jun-1994 Father of the Amiga Computer
Kerry Packer Business 17-Dec-1937 26-Dec-2005 Richest man in Australia
Billy Preston Singer/Songwriter 9-Sep-1946 6-Jun-2006 You Are So Beautiful
Carroll Shelby Auto Racing 11-Jan-1923 Racecar designer
Zulu Actor 17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O
http://www.nndb.com/event/578/000091305/
I'm sure there must be more. :waving;
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Other famous kidney disease sufferers:
James Michener, author
and perhaps Osama bin Laden (according to former Pakistani president Musharraf and other reports)
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I'm surprised no one mentioned Natalie Cole. She was on dialysis for awhile and went on Larry King to talk about it. I know she got a kidney but I'm not sure if it was a live donor. The interview was interesting because she talked about how you cold buy a kidney in India but she wasn't planning to do that.
I believe her kidney failure was do to hepatitis.
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Natalie Cole is mentioned in my previous post. There are also stories about her transplant in the NEWS section.
She actually got a kidney from a fan's family, their loved one was on life support and directed the kidney to go to her. It's a unique situation.
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Oh my! Am I going to have to resurrect my blog-- I'm Famous, Give me a Kidney?
http://imfamousgivemeakidney.blogspot.com/
I created that blog in response to Natalie King's appearance on Larry King. Maybe it's time for an update, because I haven't received my celebrity kidney yet. *squee*
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I know of one other, but I don't want to say who it is, cuz it's not public info. I got it from a member of his family that I met in the States when I was there and they told me when they found out I was on dialysis.
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I know of one other, but I don't want to say who it is, cuz it's not public info. I got it from a member of his family that I met in the States when I was there and they told me when they found out I was on dialysis.
Oh tell us, we won't tell anyone. 8)
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James Michener took himself off dialysis soon after his 90th birthday and passed away.
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I'm not famous (YET), I had a transplant in 2003 that rejected in 2008 I'm back on dialysis waiting for a kidney, my blood type is O negative and I have a PRA (Panel Reactive Antogen) of 91%. that means I have antibodies for 91% of the antogens in the world. www.ourstage.com/profile/natlarson to check out my music! Prayin for those of ya on dialysis, or waiting for a kidney. HANG IN THERE!!! IT WILL HAPPEN!!!
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I intend to be a famous person with kidney disease.... if my writing career ever gets off the ground. I'd like to be the next David Sedaris, but I don't think I'm that good.. or funny..
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A very famous actress in the 1930's The Very First Blonde Bombshell, Jean Harlow, died of kidney failure. That was, of course, before the days of dialysis and transplants.
:( I didn't realize she was so young. Wikipedia mentions "her sudden death from renal failure at age 26."
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Michael Grasso, Magician/Illusionist from season 5 of "America's Got Talent" (came in 5th place) has had three kidney transplants.
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James DePreist, is a well known Classical music conductor - he had a transplant in 2001 I believe. I saw him once live here in Melbourne - he basically sat on a chair on stage to conduct (very unusual-though understandable - I think he was still on dialysis at the time - oh and it seems this is also the result of a battle with polio). I used to think it was amazing he travelled the world conducting music and doing dialysis.
http://www.answers.com/topic/james-depreist
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I know this is about celebrities with kidney transplants and oddly enough I don't know of anyone PERSONALLY wo has had a kidney transplant, but I do know of someone who has had a Liver TP 5 years ago. It came from a young boy who was in an automobile accident. They met the family and share holiday dinners of 5 years now. He is now retired and spends his time just as much as a full time job going around from schools and into different functions sharing his story. He has now dedicated his life to organ donation as he says it has completely changed his life. I have seen him on local tv a few times discussing transplant options and donation. He has also been on talk radio. I feel that someone who is fortunate enough to have the time and spends majority of it on a subject such a transplant needs is a celebrity in my eyes. No all are able to do this, but how wonderful he is. The more attn brough to it the better. I think a lot of people are leary because they are uneducated and not properly informed. People who have been through a TP should share their story. Just my 2 cents
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Late Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua had a kidney transplant in 2002 while still a state governor in Africa's most populous nation, but avoided having another one while he was president over fears it would cause unrest, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
The cables suggest Nigeria's top power brokers in its ruling People's Democratic Party knew about Yar'Adua's condition, but still propped him up to become the winning presidential candidate in 2007. Aides to the president stuffed his clothes to hide his weight loss and used makeup to hide his pallor, the cables claim, but his illness ultimately led to a long absence from the oil-rich nation that fueled public discontent.
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George Lopez got a transplant from his wife.....now they are getting a divorce. I am sure it has nothing to do with the transplant. ;D
I think celebrities seem like they get a transplant faster than than rest of us because it never gets reported that they even need one until it actually happens. Then it seems like it comes from out of the blue.
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I'm a little bit famous. ;D
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/newsroom/features/cover_story/videos/vid_386.shtml
Bill
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Two actors from the tv show "30 Rock" Tracy Morgan and Grizz Chapman got kidney transplants in 2010.
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Im not for sure but I think "Hoss Cartwright" from the show Bonanza had Kidney failure. Dont quote me on that but it seems I read somewhere that he did.
Thing is if celebrities get it, like B69 said, they gonna get a transplant before anyone! You never hear of one advocating for the rest of the ones who suffer this disease and have been waiting for the call for years! It would be nice if one of them stepped up for the cause whether they have it or not! Amen? :2thumbsup;
lmunchkin :flower;
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I know an adult film star with PKD.
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I found this about Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartwright) In 1972, Blocker died suddenly from a post-op blood-clot to the lungs, following surgery to remove kidney stones.
Pulitzer winner and new-journalism pioneer Norman Mailer, author of "The Naked and the Dead," died in New York City of acute kidney failure at 84, on November 10, 2007
2005 - - Sandra Dee, the actress who played GIDGET, has died from kidney disease at age 62 years.
Actress Shirley Hemphill (pictured below) appeared in the 70's sitcom "What's Happening." She died in 1999 from kidney failure. She was 50 years old.
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Thanks Okarol. I knew something about his passing had to do with the word Kidney. Glad you cleared that up!
:flower; lmunchkin
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World Series of Poker Celebrity Kidney Transplant Recipient: Jennifer Harman is apparently one of the most famous female professional poker players in the world, having done quite well at the prestigious "World Series of Poker" tournament. It turns out she is also a kidney transplant recipient, having undergone 2 transplants.
Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey's husband shared a bit more about his health struggles, explained that his kidney problems and more recent blood clots in his lungs stem from a "lupus type" autoimmune condition.
Julia Child, chef, died in 2004 of kidney failure.
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Famous Kidney DONORS:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
LeVar Burton Actor 16-Feb-1957 La Forge on Star Trek: TNG
Jake Garn Politician 12-Oct-1932 US Senator from Utah, 1974-93
Oscar Robertson Basketball 24-Nov-1938 NBA's Most Valuable Player 1964
Franz Vranitzky Head of State 4-Oct-1937 Chancellor of Austria, 1986–97
Famous Kidney RECIPIENTS:
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Erma Bombeck Columnist 21-Feb-1927 22-Apr-1996 The Grass is Always Greener
John Brockington Football 7-Sep-1948 Green Bay Packers running back
Steven Cojocaru Critic 5-Jan-1965 Entertainment Tonight fashion critic
Freddy Fender Musician 4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
James Holshouser Politician 8-Oct-1934 Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77
Ken Howard Actor 28-Mar-1944 The White Shadow
Bruno Kreisky Head of State 22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
George Lopez Comic 23-Apr-1961 Stand-up comic, George Lopez Show
Jay Miner Engineer 31-May-1932 20-Jun-1994 Father of the Amiga Computer
Kerry Packer Business 17-Dec-1937 26-Dec-2005 Richest man in Australia
Billy Preston Musician 9-Sep-1946 6-Jun-2006 Wrote You Are So Beautiful
Zulu Actor 17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O
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Lavar Burton donated a kidney? I love him! Reading Rainbow and Star Trek TNG....he's now even cooler...
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This is such a neat thread!! I didn't know so many celebrities had kidney problems. I have been kinda following about Nick Cannon a little bit. I thought about sending the link for IHD on twitter. Cuz everyone need support, In case he ever does end up
Lavar Burton donated a kidney? I love him! Reading Rainbow and Star Trek TNG....he's now even cooler...
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I love him too!! I was really amazed to find out he donated. He really is awesome!
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Sean Elliot and Alonzo Mourning are both ex-NBA stars who had fsgs and required transplantation. Both returned to the NBA with Sean Elliot being the first ever to do so. Since the playoffs are in full swing, it would be great if these two could team up and do a PSA about organ donation.
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It's too bad that some of these celebrities don't fight for improved care in dialysis units... Of course, I have been told that when you know someone, are connected in some way to the dialysis industry, etc that you receive better care, more attention--
Perhaps some of these celebrities should take a look at some inspection reports
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I'll put in a vote for Jimmy Little, an Australian aborigine who died about a month ago, aged in his 70's. There was a very big memorial service for him yesterday (I think at the Sydney Opera House).
He was a country and western type singer whose best song in the '60's was something about a direct telephone line to God - made it to no 1.
My particular interest in him was that in about 2005 I read about him travelling around the outback doing peritoneal dialysis in between his concerts. I knew I was heading for dialysis and the idea of not being attached to a hospital was amazing.
He is also remembered for the work he did for aboriginal renal patients. He spent a lot of time working with them and there are many more dialysis units scattered around the outback thanks to his efforts.
From all reports he was a really thoughtful, gentle, generous person
RIP Jimmy
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That's a great story, MaryD. I have read about how difficult it is for indigenous people in Australia to get dialysis if they do not happen to live near an urban center.
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Yeah! R.I.P. Jimmy, a top bloke. The tune was The Royal Telephone. Check it out on YouTube.
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August 8, 2012 | From extratv.com
Composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch, who died Monday in Los Angeles after a brief, undisclosed illness, recently had a kidney transplant.
FOX News reporter Cal Thomas wrote, “Recently he had a kidney transplant, which was known only to a few people. He told his wife, Terre Blair, he would rather die than be ahead of someone on a waiting list. He didn’t have to worry. A close friend donated one of his own kidneys. Terre said the new kidney was functioning well, but complications from an unrelated condition drove him into a coma from which he never recovered.”
It is unknown exactly when the transplant took place, or what the additional condition was.
In his nearly 50-year career, Hamlisch won three Academy Awards, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globes and even a Pulitzer (for “A Chorus Line”). He is one of just 11 artists to win all four major awards, an achievement known as the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).
Hamlisch served as principal pops conductor for symphony orchestras in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Dallas, Pasadena, Seattle and San Diego.
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My mom told me recently she had read an article that Bobby Rydell had a kidney and liver transplant. (Although many might not know who he is any more.)
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Really Cool thread and it didn't stray too much..
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Sarah Hyland, who plays the oldest daughter on Modern Family, had a kidney transplant earlier this year. Her dad was her donor. She has kidney dysplasia.
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Some of these are not kidney related, but transplant related:
29 Celebrities Who Have Received Organ Transplants http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-have-received-organ-transplants/ranker-celebrities?page=1
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Walter Matthau recently died of kidney failure. He had a long and excruciating discussion about his disease with Larry King on television, which demonstrated how little most healthy people are able to understand about the disease. John Ehrlichman, a former Nixon aide during the Watergate scandal, and one of the Justices of the Canadian Supreme Court also recently developed renal failure, and both of them refused to go on dialysis and preferred death instead.
Stauffenberg, once again you twist the truth. Walter Matthau did not die of kidney disease or "prefer death" as you claim above. ESRD was a contributing factor but not the actual cause of death.
From Wikipedia the cause of Walter Matthau's death:
Walter Matthau died of full cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 79. After heart surgery, doctors discovered that he had colon cancer, which had spread to his liver, lungs and brain. However, on his death certificate the causes of death are listed as cardiac arrest and atherosclerotic heart disease, with ESRD and atrial fibrillation added as "other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to [primary] cause..." (see [1]) with no mention of the cancer.
See Stauffenberg...he had a heart attack...now unless you are claiming he willed the heart attack on himself he hardly "preferred death". If you can't get your facts right please don't post at all.
I don't completely believe everything on Wikipedia. Anybody, from a professor to your 10 year old cousin can log on and edit the information. While doing research for a paper last year, I found a lot of info on that site was factually incorrect based on other research from encyclopedias, researchers and the government. Every professor I've had to write a paper for in the last year or so, have all said that they do not accept research from Wikipedia.
I dislike using Wikipedia. I mean, it's great if you need to find a celebrity's birthday, but for the most part, it's just a starting point.
Another celebrity is Sarah Hyland. She plays Haley Dunphy on Modern Family. "At age of 9, she was diagnosed with multicystic dysplastic kidney and on April 13, 2012 had a kidney transplant. She received her father's kidney."
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I don't know if anyone here is a Formula 1 fan, but if you are (or even if you aren't), perhaps you caught the newest Ron Howard film, Rush. It's about the famous rivalry between British driver James Hunt and Austrian driver Niki Lauda. Lauda crashed during the German Grand Prix in 1976 and suffered terrible facial and body burns yet returned to racing after only six weeks of recovery. Anyway, I had heard this story before seeing the movie but did not know much about either driver, so after doing a bit of research, I discovered that Lauda has had two kidney transplants. What struck me as odd is as I was learning more about him, the transplants were treated as mere asterisks in the story of his life. I guess to us kidney patients, transplants are a much bigger deal than they are to posters to Wikipedia!
Lauda is still alive and is still involved in Formula 1. He founded his own airline (anyone remember Lauda Air?) and is still a respected entrepreneur. Not bad for someone who has required TWO transplants (by what I can tell, he had two living donors, his brother and this his girlfriend to whom he is now married. I cannot find out if he ever needed dialysis.).