Myasthenia Gravis - Notable Cases

Notable Cases

  • Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood superstar.
  • Brandon Cox, starting Auburn Quarterback from 2005-2007, finished with a record of 29-9.
  • Aristotle Onassis, a prominent Greek shipping magnate who later married Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the widow of assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
  • Henrique Mecking, a chess Grandmaster who in the mid 1970s was amongst the three top players in the world and gave up professional chess to recover from myasthenia gravis during the 1980s.
  • Christopher Robin Milne, the son of A. A. Milne (author of Winnie-the-Pooh ) and the person on whom Christopher Robin was based, lived with myasthenia gravis for several years before his death in 1996.
  • Static Major, American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Static died in 2008 as a result of complications stemming from plasmapheresis treatment for myasthenia gravis.
  • Roger Smith (actor), American actor famous for his role in "77 Sunset Strip" and as the husband of actress Ann-Margret. Roger Smith suffered from MG from the mid-60s until his MG went into remission in 1985.
  • Horace Swaby (also known as Augustus Pablo) A 1970's Reggae and Dub artist famous for using the Melodica (instrument) in his music.

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