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Rachael Leahcar – Australian pop singer and songwriter, born with retinitis pigmentosa and is legally blind. Blind Willie McTell – Blues guitarist. [47] Raul Midón – Singer-songwriter. [48] Ronnie Milsap – Country and pop singer. [49] Moondog – Outsider musician born "Louis Thomas Hardin." [50]
Pages in category "People with retinitis pigmentosa" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Retinitis pigmentosa is the leading cause of inherited blindness, [51] with approximately 1/4,000 individuals experiencing the non-syndromic form of their disease within their lifetime. [52] It is estimated that 1.5 million people worldwide are currently affected.
Eventually doctors diagnosed Alexander, then 12, with retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive condition where the some of the retina’s cells break down, leading to vision loss, according to the ...
His most famous performance was in Cinema Paradiso (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award. He suffers from retinitis pigmentosa . [ 1 ] He is Roman Catholic.
Pete Eckert - A photographer with retinitis pigmentosa who has photographed for Volkswagen and Playboy. [1] Bruce Hall - A legally blind (congenital nystagmus) underwater photographer whose work has been featured in Discover Diving, Nature's Best Photography, Spirit Magazine, Men's Journal, National Geographic, and the National Museum of History.
Molly Jane Lucy Burke (born February 8, 1994) is a Canadian YouTube personality and motivational speaker whose eponymous channel has nearly 2 million subscribers. [2] Burke was diagnosed at age four with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition which causes loss of vision.
Shirley "Shirl" Jennings (1940 – October 26, 2003) was one of only a few people in the world to regain his sight after lifelong blindness and was the inspiration for the character of Virgil Adamson in the movie At First Sight (1999) starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino.