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*Marvin Gaye III is going public regarding with a devastating and life threatening health condition that requires him to have a kidney transplant and he’s appealing for a donor. Immediately below is Gaye’s personal appeal to pass on the word about his deteriorating health followed by the press release itself. “Please forward this to all [...]
*Tracy Morgan is making light of his hospitalization at Utah’s Sundance Film Festival and confirmed he would be returning to work shooting “30 Rock” on Tuesday (Jan. 24). As previously reported, the comic was taken to the Park City Medical Center after collapsing at an awards ceremony at the festival, according to reports. Morgan was [...]
*Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died without ever regaining consciousness. He was 54. Former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls, who donated a kidney to Springs for a transplant, says the Springs family informed him that his friend [...]
*Former Def Jam artist, Lichelle “BO$$” Laws, 42, has decided to use everyone’s favorite social media site to educate fans, followers, and hip hop heads about renal disease, which prevents kidneys from filtering toxins and other wastes from the blood. And it’s personal because she actually suffers from it. According to allhiphop.com, the Detroit born [...]
*Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told The Associated Press on Thursday he does not plan to pardon two sisters he released from prison earlier this year on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other. Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, was asked what he’ll say to a pardon request that the attorney for [...]
*Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Tracy Morgan — who underwent a kidney transplant in December — is back at work on NBC’s “30 Rock.” As previously reported, Morgan missed several episodes of the sitcom to recover from the successful surgery in New York. A source told EW that his appearances are minimal in his first [...]
Tracy Morgan chose the red carpet of Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards to finally reveal the person who gave him a kidney in December. “I’d like to thank Tanisha for donating my kidney to me,” the 30 Rock star told E!’s Giuliana Rancic on the red carpet. Tanisha, it turns out, is his girlfriend Tanisha [...]
*Tracy Morgan, 42, is reportedly on the mend from a kidney transplant he underwent on Dec. 10. The “30 Rock” actor, who has diabetes, is said to be recovering from the surgery nicely, according to Entertainment Weekly. He was recently spotted at a New York Knicks basketball game. Morgan will be noticeably absent from at [...]
*After 17 years of marriage and recent separation, George Lopez’s wife Ann has filed for divorce in Los Angeles. Surrounding the couple’s separation in September, a representative told People.com, “George and Ann Lopez have made the decision to end their 17-year marriage. The decision is amicable and by mutual agreement. They remain dedicated parents, and [...]
*”30 Rock” actor Grizz Chapman says he’s still on the mend after receiving a kidney transplant three months ago, and feels grateful to have a “chance at life.” “When you go through something like, you learn to appreciate little things – the birds, trees, flowers,” the actor, 36, tells People.com at a restaurant across from [...]
*Following two years of suffering from chronic kidney disease—and seven months after going public with his plight—”30 Rock” actor Grizzwald “Grizz” Chapman has successfully undergone a kidney transplant, reports E! Entertainment. The 35-year-old was announced as a speaker for an event taking place in New York today observing National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day. The [...]
*Natalie Cole is currently working on a memoir that will detail the months surrounding her successful kidney transplant that took place on the same day her sister Cookie died of cancer. Publisher Simon & Schuster announced Monday that the book, “Love Brought Me Back,” is due in November with collaboration from David Ritz, who helped [...]
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