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8 celebrities who had polio and described their experiences, from paralysis to having their belongings burned

Andrea MichelsonAug 13, 2022, 02:32 IST

Joni Mitchell and Mia Farrow both got polio at age 9.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin and Dimitrios Kambouri/TIME via Getty Images

Polio disabled about 35,000 people in the US each year at its peak, according to the CDC.
Mia Farrow said she was quarantined with polio at age 9 and came home to find her belongings had been burned.

Polio was once one of the most feared diseases in the US.

Elvis Presley was vaccinated for polio on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956.AP Photo

Frida Kahlo

Portrait of Frida Kahlo.Getty Images

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow attends the 2019 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2019 in New York City.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images

Alan Alda

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Donald Sutherland

Masterclass by Donald Sutherland at the Festival Lumière in Lyon, France, on October 13, 2019.Nicolas Liponne/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchel attends the Jazz Foundation honors Joni Mitchell And Wayne Shorter at Vibrato on November 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Lester Cohen/WireImage/Getty Images

Neil Young

Neil YoungKeith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford CoppolaTodd Williamson/Invision/AP

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s.Bettmann/Getty Images

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