Actress Teri Garr has died of MS.
She was diagnosed around the same time I was. I vaguely remember the TV guide article in which (I believe) she said she wanted people to know that it was okay, that you can have a mild case of MS.
She did have an aneurysm a few years ago, and I’m sure that took out a few brain cells the MS did not. Or she might have just died of the MS. Not enough functioning brain to sustain life.
4 responses to “Teri Garr”
Ooof. Sorry about that. Glad your treatment has been plausibly successful, and long may it wave, without any brain aneurysms.
KC – I think she might have delayed treatments, thinking she had a bad back
oh, that’s sad. I always loved her acting, and when she would appear on the David Letterman show. I did see her several years ago speaking at an MS informational event and she was clearly having a lot of challenges, but her personality was so charming and delightful. I think I was too shy to actually speak to her, but I was happy to have been in the same room as she was for a iittle while. I’ll defintely watch Young Frankenstein in the next little bit here in remembrance.
Kristie – I remember reading afterward an account from her that she was on Letterman, and during a commercial break he passed her a note that said “I hate myself.” I don’t know why I remember that, and perhaps I’m wrong, but it does seem believable in that she would be sympathetic.