Parkinson's disease

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Perrine’s death was confirmed by Stacey Souther, her close friend and the director of the 2019 documentary “Valerie,” which followed the star’s debilitating battle with Parkinson’s disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Last year his family divulged that Mueller had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for several years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Its known role in the brain includes involvement in Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Macdonald, who had Parkinson's disease, died in 2014.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Today, however, we remember him for his landmark study of the affliction then called the "shaking palsy," but known ever since as Parkinson’s disease.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson