Jack Osbourne
Osbourne’s doctors put him on prescription medication and urged him to adopt a healthier diet, which have helped improve his symptoms and reduce his risk of complications from the disease.
Michaele Salahi
Salahi, who has faced accusations of an eating disorder, told People that she stays "very thin" to reduce the risk of MS complications, and that she and her husband decided against having children because of her condition.
In 2011, Salahi was slated to appear on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab, seeking help in managing her MS and related stress. Producers turned her away from the show, however, because she did not have an addiction or substance abuse problem.
Richard Cohen
Emmy-winning TV producer—and husband to NBC correspondent Meredith Vieira—Richard Cohen was diagnosed with MS at age 25. He went on to marry Vieira and have three children, but health issues have put a strain on their otherwise happy marriage, she told Ladies Home Journal in 2010. “We used to run together and go on ski trips or go to the beach,†she said. "Now, it's very hard for Richard to stand."
Cohen has also had two bouts of colon cancer, and is legally blind. His autobiography, Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir ($6-17; amazon.com), was published in 2004.
Montel Williams
Williams fought back, however, with a rigorous workout schedule and medication injections to slow the disease’s progression. In recent years, he has attributed his good health to juicing, green smoothies, and lots of fruit and vegetables. His charity, the Montel Williams MS Fund, has raised more than $1.5 million for research toward a cure.
Tamia
In 2007, she told The Young, Black and Fabulous that being pregnant with her second daughter improved her symptoms, as well. "When a woman is pregnant, all her symptoms of MS subside," she said. "But you have to be careful because after you give birth, there’s a higher rate of attacks."
David and Alan Osmond
Alan managed the family’s traveling musical act for years and performed with his brothers until the late 1980s, when his MS symptoms caused him to step backstage as a producer. His son, David, who was diagnosed in 2006 at age 26, grew up performing with his own brothers as The Osmonds 2nd Generation, and appeared on American Idol in 2009.
Annette Funicello
She became famous as a spunky song-and-dance performer, first on the Mickey Mouse Club and then alongside Frankie Avalon in Beach Party films of the 1960s. But during the late '80s, as she teamed up with Avalon for a reunion tour, Funicello began experiencing symptoms that would soon change the way the world saw her.
"We'd be shooting a scene on the sand, and when I'd try to get up, I couldn't balance," Funicello told People in 1992. We'd laugh about it, and Frankie would say, "Look at you, you look like you've had too much to drink." Funicello went public with her MS diagnosis in 1992 amid rumors about her failing health, and a year later, founded the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases.
Ann Romney
Romney was diagnosed with MS in 1998 after experiencing dizziness and what she referred to as “the MS fog, the real foggy brain.”
Donna Fargo
The most common treatment at the time was rest, and so Fargo gradually learned to "take things easier physically and not get involved in more than I can do easily," she told People that year. She continued writing and performing, however, releasing her most recent single in 2008.
Neil Cavuto
Cavuto himself has suffered from MS for more than 15 years. "When it’s really bad, my shoulders can't move, my head is spinning, I can’t feel my arms or my legs," he told People in 2002.
