Mattie Stepanek

Mattie Stepanek

male, deceased (2004)
New York Times' Best Seller, American child, Deathfrommusculardystrophy, NY Times, Good Morning America, the oprah winfrey show…muscular dystrophy, Muscular Dystrophy Association
Matthew "Mattie" Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek was an American poet and advocate. At the age of 3, Stepanek started to write poetry to cope with the...
Piergiorgio Welby

Piergiorgio Welby

male, deceased (2006)
Deathfrommusculardystrophy, Death by euthanasia, muscular dystrophy, activist, euthanasia, Italian
Piergiorgio Welby (Rome, 26 December 1945 - 20 December 2006) was an Italian poet, painter and activist whose three-month-long battle for a right...
Alfredo Ferrari

Alfredo Ferrari

male, deceased (1956)
Deathfrommusculardystrophy, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Italian automobile designer, Fiat Dino, muscular dystrophy, Dino
Alfredo Ferrari (January, 1932 - June 30, 1956), nicknamed Alfredino or Dino, was the only legitimate son of Enzo Ferrari. Enzo decided to name...
Mokhtar Dahari

Mokhtar Dahari

male, deceased (1991)
Muslim, Deathfrommusculardystrophy, arsenal, R Arumugam, muscular dystrophy, malaysian
Mokhtar Dahari (13 November, 1953 - 11 July, 1991) was a legendary Malaysian national football player from Setapak, Selangor. He was born in...

Sister Mary Louise St. John

female, deceased (2003)
Roman Catholic, activist, Benedictine nun, American, muscular dystrophy, nun…from Glens Falls, New York, from Erie, Pennsylvania, Deathfrommusculardystrophy
Sister Mary Louise St. John, OSB was a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania. She was born March 13 1943, in Glens Falls, New...

Robert Sampson

male, deceased (2006)
Deathfrommusculardystrophy, wheelchair, muscular dystrophy, American, United Airlines, lawyer
Robert Sampson (1925-2006) was a vice president at United Airlines. He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age 5, and used a wheelchair for...