*Other* famous musicians with diabetes...
thought this an interesting list

Musicians

Nat Adderley, jazz trumpeter
Ray Anderson, jazz trombonist
Hoyt Axton, folksy baritone, songwriter and actor
Syd Barrett, of the rock group Pink Floyd
Johnny Cash, legendary country singer, known as “the man in black”
Carol Channing, Tony Award-winning singer/actress in “Hello Dolly”
Mark Collie, contemporary country star
David Crosby, member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Miles Davis, legendary jazz great
Freddy Fender, actor and country singer
Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist
Mick Fleetwood, singer in rock band Fleetwood Mac
Jerry Garcia, lead singer of The Grateful Dead
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter
Mahalia Jackson, singer
Waylon Jennings, country singer
B.B. King, rhythm and blues star
Patti LaBelle, pop singer
Peggy Lee, ’50s songster
Tommy Lee, of heavy metal band Motley Crue
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer
Luther Vandross, rhythm and blues star
Elvis Presley
Meat Loaf, singer
Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock group Poison

Interesting. I knew some of them, but not all.

i had no idea that tommy lee has diabetes!

Wow, Elvis & Bret Michaels?! My hubby is a huge Elvis fan & he never mentoined Elvis had diabetes....wild.
Great to see that diabetes isn't a career ending illness! Especially w/ the success of 'The King'! :woohoo:
Elliott will be entertaining us for many years! Hopefulli, I'll be able to introduce my GREAT grandchildren to his music! :yes:

E is among GREAT company.

i didnt know about Elvis! that surprises me!