World Parkinson’s Day: 5 Black Celebrities With Parkinson’s Disease - Page 2
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Danielle Jennings
1. Muhammad Ali
Perhaps the most well-known person to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s was the late legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, who was diagnosed in 1984. Ali was 30 years old when he was diagnosed and dealt with Parkinson’s until his death at age 74 in 2016.
From 1995 until his death, the boxing legend continued to receive neurological care at Atlanta’s Emory University, according to Med Page Today. There have been reports that the constant trauma of blows to the head throughout his groundbreaking career were a large cause of his diagnosis, although that has never been officially confirmed.
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