Alexandrea Borstein
Alex was born on February 15, 1973 in Highland Park, Illnois. She is an actor, comedian, and film writer. She is most famous for being the voice of Lois Griffin on Family guy. She also played Miss Swan on MADtv. She made apperances in films such as Killers,Good night and Good Luck, Catwoman, Dinner for Schmucks, Bad Santa, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and Kickin and Screamin. She also wrote and did voice acting for many other shows such as Power Rangers, Barbie, Casper, and Pinkie and the Brain. Alex is a carrier of Hemophilia as well as a spokesperson for the disease.
Jesse Schrader
Jesse was born on August 21, 1979. He lives in Clevland Ohio. Jesse was a professional baseball player in an independent league. He is a left handed pitcher who was clocked at 92 MPH. He went to Tiffin University on a baseball scholarship, where he holds the record for strikeouts in 9 innings. Jesse plays competitive amateur baseball on 2 teams. Jesse has Hemophilia A and would have to ice his arm after every game he pitched. He was able to play baseball because he took extra care of his body.
Richard Burton
Richard was born November 10, 1925 in Wales. He died August 5, 1984 in Switzerland from a stroke. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award , six of which were for Best actor in a leading role. He was in this business from 1944 -1984. Richard was in 61 films and 30 stage productions. He was married 5 times, twice to Elizabeth Taylor. Richard suffered from Hemophilia.
Ryan Wayne White
Ryan was born on December 6, 1971 in Kokomo Indiana. He had prolonged bleeding after his circumcision. When he was 3 days old he was diagnosed with Severe Hemophilia A. He was getting weekly blood transfusions. In December 1984 he became very sick with pneumonia. The doctors then diagnosed him with AIDS and said he only had 6 months to live. Ryan got AIDS through blood transfusions that were not screened. He became famous because his school told him he was not allowed to attend and his parents filed a law suit through the U.S. District Court in Indiana. They eventually won the law suit. His law suit made national headlines and he ended up becoming the poster boy for AIDS. Despite what the doctors said, Ryan lived until April 8, 1990. His funeral was attended by 1,500 people including Elton John, Barbara Bush, Howie Long, Phil Donahue and Michael Jackson.
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