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Are we taking any bets that the under-forty celebrity who'll be disclosing they have PD could be Michael J. Fox, per previous recent List discussion? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Disease Foundation <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 5:22 AM Subject: Forthcoming PWP Disclosure in People Magazine >listfriends: > >Fresh off Earl Ubell's piece in Parade magazine last month, and the fabulous >NBC-Dateline piece on Parkinson's surgery at Emory just last week, we have a >third major media item coming up. It's in the forthcoming edition of People >magazine, and it covers the disclosure of a celebrity--younger than 40 years >of age--who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's and is going public. > >They're keeping the identity of the person VERY close to the chest but since >the story seems to be coming out of the magazine's Los Angeles bureau, you can >draw your own conclusions about the industry in which he/she is involved. > >Stay tuned! > >Footnote: People appears on some newsstands Thursday; the rest, Friday. > >Robin Elliott, Executive Director, Parkinson's Disease Foundation >