The following individuals have something in common: American photographer Eddie Adams, Japanese karate master Hideyuki Ashihara, Icelandic actor Edda Heiorun Backman, American politician Marc Basnight, American actors Katharine Balfour and Robert Webber, Belgian singer and TV personality Bea Van der Maat, New South Wales cricketer Bob Vidler, renowned American Czech mathematician Robin Thomas, Aussie tennis player and coach Brad Drewett, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, Irish broadcaster Colm Murray, British Oscar-winning actor David Niven, and former Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
No-one is immune to this awful disease
Author's summary: Famous people affected by disease.