14 Famous Celebrities Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Photo: Dick Clark. Source: CBS News.

This broadcasting legend publicly announced in early 2004 that he had diabetes, but he was already diagnosed with the disease 10 years prior. After his announcement, he also became a spokesperson for AADE (the American Association of Diabetes Educators). Later in 2004, he suffered from a stroke and didn’t appear on television until the eve of 2006 in the annual countdown. At 82 in 2012, he died due to a heart attack.