Music Trivia -> Performers with Handicaps -> L
Handicaps? Hardly, more like handicapable. These performers still make great music even if they are missing one of the senses or a body part.
LaToya Jackson: Vitiligo
Vitiligo is disease, which causes the skin lose pigment. Her grandfather had the same disease as does his brother Michael
Susanna Viljanen
Lead Belly: ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Raphael
Les Paul: Arthritis
While typing this (2009), Les Paul - the designer of eponymous guitar - is over 90. Arthritis has rendered all but two fingers of his right hand. Still he performs regularly.
Susanna Viljanen
Ludwig van Beethoven: Deafness
Beethoven became deaf when he was young. In spite of his deafness, he still kept on composing music.
B1982
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