Famous People With Alzheimer's Disease

Posted by Jennifer Gerics Aug 29, 2006

A parting tribute to the month of August, 2006, and some folks who fought (or are fighting) the good fight:

Jonathan Swift - author (Gulliver's Travels)

Ronald Reagan - 40th president of the United States

Rita Hayworth - actress

Burgess Meredith - actor ("Rocky")

Perry Como - singer

Ralph Waldo Emerson - poet

E.B. White - author (Charlotte's Web)

Aaron Copland - composer

Charlton Heston - actor

Norman Rockwell - artist

Sandy Saddler - boxer

Rosa Parks - African American activist