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Ooops! Sorry to burst your virtual bubble, m'friend, however, Katherine Hepburn does NOT have PD. She suffers from benign familial tremor. Tho after seeing her, and the 2 others I know who also have that syndrome (disease?), why it's called "benign," I'll never know. A member of my support group has both PD along with familial tremor, and he's only 34 or 35. To ME, visually he appears to have a whopping bad case of Parkinson's, but apparently his physicians can tell the difference between the two when examining and diagnosing a patient. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Doug McCorkle <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 5:07 PM Subject: PWP gets #1 honor from American Film Institute >Listfriends - > >Did anyone in the U.S. catch the CBS-TV special last night about the American >Film Institute's "top screen legends"? The program presented list of the top 25 >male and female stars (as rated by 1,800 AFI members). > >I was delighted to find that long-time PWP KATHARINE HEPBURN was selected as the >#1 star! They showed several clips from her career, including a generous bit of >the movie _On Golden Pond_, which was made after her PD symptoms had become >obvious. (That film won numerous awards, including "1981 best actress" in both >the American and British Academy Awards.) > >I don't know how everyone else feels, but I find the lady to be an inspiration! > >CBS has a write-up of the show and the list at: >http://www.cbs.com/flat/story_161607.html > >For what it's worth... > >- Doug >