Famous people who had tuberculosis
Ringo Starr -
The Beatles' drummer spent two years recovering from TB in a hospital when he was 12.
Eleanor Roosevelt -
The activist and former First Lady of the United States died in 1962 due to a number of health complications, including tuberculosis.
Cat Stevens -
The British singer-songwriter contracted tuberculosis in 1969 and spent three months in hospital recovering from it.
Carlos Santana -
The iconic guitarist was hospitalized after being diagnosed with TB in 1967. Santana was 19 years old.
Vivien Leigh -
The 'Gone with the Wind' (1939) actress was diagnosed with the disease in 1944, but didn't die from it until 1967, at the age of 53.
Desmond Tutu -
The South African bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had TB when he was a teenager.
Emily Brontë -
It is believed that the famous English novelist and poet died of tuberculosis in 1848.
James Monroe -
The Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States died from TB and heart failure in 1831.
Anton Chekhov -
The famous author died of tuberculosis in 1904, after struggling with the disease for several years.
Tom Jones -
The famous Welsh singer contracted tuberculosis when he was 12. He was in quarantine for two years.
Tina Turner -
The singer contracted tuberculosis in the late 1970s. Reportedly, a homeopathic doctor cured her at the time.
D. H. Lawrence -
The English writer died of tuberculosis on March 2, 1930, in Vence, France.
Erwin Schrödinger -
The Austrian-Irish physicist had several bouts of TB in the 1920s, until he eventually died from it in 1961, at the age of 73.
John C. Calhoun -
The American politician died of tuberculosis in 1850. Calhoun was 68.
Molière -
The French playwright was yet another famous fatal victim of tuberculosis. He died from it in 1673, aged 51.