Mick is a Famous Person with Diabetes

[michelej1]

[To my surprise, Mick is also a singer in Fleetwood Mac]

From Diabetes Health Magazine

http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/03/13/5681.html

We originally published this list in 2000. In the years since, many more celebrities, stars, athletes, and movers and shakers have joined the ranks of people with diabetes. Here is an updated list of the more prominent ones.

Musicians

Nat Adderley, jazz trumpeter

Ray Anderson, jazz trombonist

Hoyt Axton, folksy baritone, songwriter and actor

Syd Barrett, of the rock group Pink Floyd

Danny Joe Brown, singer (Molly Hatchet)

James Brown, The Godfather of Soul

Johnny Cash, legendary country singer, known as “the man in black”

Carol Channing, Tony Award-winning singer/actress in “Hello Dolly”

Mark Collie, contemporary country star

David Crosby, member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Johnny Darrell, country music singer

Miles Davis, legendary jazz great

Phife Dawg, rapper, (“A Tribe Called Quest”)

Mama Cass Elliott, singer, Mamas and the Papas

Freddy Fender, actor and country singer

Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist

Mick Fleetwood, singer in rock band Fleetwood Mac

Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul

Jerry Garcia, lead singer of The Grateful Dead

Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter

Shirley Horn, Grammy-winning jazz singer

Marvin Isley, singer, The Isley Brothers

Mahalia Jackson, singer

Rick James, singer (“Super Freak”)

Waylon Jennings, country singer

Nick Jonas, lead singer, the Jonas Brothers

Herbert Kahury (“Tiny Tim”), singer (of sorts)

B.B. King, rhythm and blues star

Patti LaBelle, pop singer

Peggy Lee, ’50s songster

Tommy Lee, of heavy metal band Motley Crue

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer

Curtis Mayfield, soul singer

Meat Loaf, singer

Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock group Poison

Elvis Presley, The King

The Pump Girls

Jessica Stone, actress and singer

Elliott Yamin, singer

Neil Young, rock singer and guitarist

Luther Vandross, singer

Norman Whitfield, Grammy-winning R&B producer and songwriter

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[To my surprise, Mick is also a singer in Fleetwood Mac]

From Diabetes Health Magazine

http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/03/13/5681.html

We originally published this list in 2000. In the years since, many more celebrities, stars, athletes, and movers and shakers have joined the ranks of people with diabetes. Here is an updated list of the more prominent ones.

Musicians


Syd Barrett, of the rock group Pink Floyd

James Brown, The Godfather of Soul

Johnny Cash, legendary country singer, known as “the man in black”

Miles Davis, legendary jazz great

Mama Cass Elliott, singer, Mamas and the Papas

Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist

Jerry Garcia, lead singer of The Grateful Dead

Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter

Mahalia Jackson, singer

Rick James, singer (“Super Freak”)

Peggy Lee, ’50s songster

Curtis Mayfield, soul singer

Elvis Presley, The King

Luther Vandross, singer

I dunno... but the fact that half of these people are dead is not exactly making me feel warm and fuzzy about diabetes...

[DavidMn]

Well, I know he he "sang" on the song These Strange Times for the Time album.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Well, I know he he "sang" on the song These Strange Times for the Time album.

And don't forget "Lizard People!"

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I dunno... but the fact that half of these people are dead is not exactly making me feel warm and fuzzy about diabetes...

What a great line....!

That's why I like reading the Ledge...it makes me smile.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

And don't forget "Lizard People!"

Please...Trying to forget that song is half the reason I started hitting the bottle again!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I dunno... but the fact that half of these people are dead is not exactly making me feel warm and fuzzy about diabetes...

On the bright side, about half of the ones that are dead on that list were either older OR died from something other than diabetes.

To put it another way, Ella was the classic diabetic death, Jerry's death was more related to coming off the smack, and who isn't shocked that Rick James lived as long as he did?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Please...Trying to forget that song is half the reason I started hitting the bottle again!

In Mrs. Scarrot's hands, Lizard People would have been a hit.

I wonder what Mick's diet is like. I don't think I've ever heard him talk about it. Weight control is so important in keeping the disease in line and Mick already has the hearing loss, so he doesn't need the worry about vision on top of it.

Michele

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by michelej1

In Mrs. Scarrot's hands, Lizard People would have been a hit.

Mrs Scarrot!!! Too bad she's not still alive(At least I'm assuming she's not) or they could bring her back too!