Well-know people who have battled Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease can strike anyone from any walk of life.
Here are just a few well-known people who have battled Kidney Disease:
Buffalo Bill – American soldier, bison hunter and showman in the 1880s.
Emma Bombeck – columnist, writer and humourist died of complications following a kidney transplant. She had polycystic kidney disease. Many people think she died of breast cancer, but this is not true, even though she did battle cancer and was in remission at the time of her transplant.
Sir Jack Brabham – Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. He is a Patron and Ambassador for the Kidney Support Network.
Peter Burns – singer for the band, Dead or Alive – had acute kidney failure caused by several kidney stones.
Nick Cannon – singer, actor and husband of Mariah Carey – has from Lupus Nephritis.
Grizzwald Chapman – actor in 30 Rock – kidney failure due to hypertension, received a transplant.
Julia Child – chef, writer, author
Steven Cojacaru – presenter on TV show Entertainment Tonight – had Polycystic Kidney Disease since childhood. Has had two kidney transplants. His first transplant from his best friend failed and the second from his mother was successful.
Natalie Cole – daughter of the late singer, Nat King Cole – is a singer and entertainer. She had Hepatitis C, received chemotherapy for the Hepatitis and it destroyed her kidneys. Was on dialysis and has had a transplant.
Gary Coleman – actor who played Arnold in TV series Diff’rent Strokes
Lucy Davis – actor in TV show The Office – had kidney failure due to diabetes and received a transplant.
Sandra Dee – actor
Dom DeLuise – actor, comedian
Marlene Dietrich – actor
Aron Eisenberg – actor in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – was born with one partially functioning kidney, received a transplant.
Bobby Fischer – chess player
Jean Harlow – actor
Alfred Hitchcock – film director
Ken Howard – actor in TV show 30 Rock – his kidney failure was caused by a misdiagnosed blockage, received a transplant.
Howard Hughes – US businessman, film producer and director.
Veronica Lake – actor
Peter Lawford – actor
C.S. Lewis – writer, novelist, philosopher
Jimmy Little – Australian country singer
Jonah Lomu – New Zealand rugby player – his kidney failure was due to Nephrotic Syndrome, he received a transplant but is now in need of a new transplant.
George Lopez – comedian and actor – he received a kidney from his wife. Started the Lopez Foundation.
Douglas MacArthur – US Army General
Norman Mailer – novelist, screenwriter
Louis B Mayer – film producer
James Michener – author
Tracy Morgan – actor in TV show 30 Rock, kidney failure due to Diabetes, received a transplant.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Austrian music composer
Sir Laurence Olivier – actor
Kerry Packer – Australian businessman
Liam Payne – singer for the band, One Direction, born with partially functioning kidney.
Charles Perkins – Australian soccer player, aboriginal activist and government minister.
Cole Porter – song composer, film score writer.
Billy Preston – American soul musician
Prince Rainier III of Monaco
George Bernard Shaw – playwright, author
Neil Simon – USA playwright, had Polycystic Kidney Disease, received a transplant.
Jack Warden – actor
Barry White – soul singer
Mary Wickes – actor
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