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Ms. Hepburn has been stating - for YEARS - that she has essential tremor and NOT Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, there are some real idiots in the media who just can't get it through their heads that everything that shakes IS NOT Parkinson's disease. I was one of the people involved in starting the International Tremor Foundation which shared the old United Parkinson Foundation's offices in Chicago for almost 10 years before it was moved to Kansas. In the early days of the ITF, we asked Ms. Hepburn (through representatives) if she'd be a spokesperson for us. Unfortunately, though she hoped the organization would spur more information about ET for the general public - and maybe that would result in people accepting her statement that her tremors are from ET and not PD - her choice of charities to support lay in a different direction. This is just one more reason to ALWAYS check out statements made via the media. ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Richards <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:25 PM Subject: Katherine Hepburn and Pksns > I thought she had Essential Tremour...jmr > > March 10, 2000 > > Hepburn: "I'm Fine!" > > Katherine Hepburn says you can put those obituaries away, dammit. > > "Tell everybody I'm doing fine!" the spirited 92-year-old actress tells > the New York Post in a rare interview. "I am okay." > > The Hollywood icon's reclusive lifestyle and ongoing battle with > PARKINSON'S disease have sparked reports of her impending demise in > various tabloids, but Hepburn won't have any of that. > > Such resiliency should be expected from the smart, stubborn actress. The > four-time Oscar winner's career has spanned more than six decades, > including roles in classics films such as The Philadelphia Story, Adam's > Rib and The African Queen. > > The Post reports that she now spends all of her time at her rustic, > seaside home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, after moving from her New > York townhouse in the mid-1990s. And although Parkinson's has limited > her mobility and speech, she says she's still a big eater and still > hangs out with her best friend, actor Max Showalter. > > Neighbors tell the Post Hepburn still ventures outside when weather > permits. > > "Miss Hepburn has good days and bad days, like most of us," says friend > Henry Josten. > Copyright © 2000 E! Online, Inc. > > -- > Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada > [log in to unmask] > Today's Research... > Tomorrow's Cure >