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  1. Nov 19, 2002 · Nov. 19 -- At the height of actor James Coburn's career, he was sidelined by rheumatoid arthritis and all but disappeared from the screen for two decades. He said he was able to return to acting only because of a controversial, alternative therapy.

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    Because of his severe rheumatoid arthritis, Coburn appeared in very few films during the 1980s, despite continuing to work during his final years. This disease had left Coburn's body deformed and in pain.

  4. Dec 28, 2017 · As reported in USA Today and Entertainment Weekly, James Coburn described a period of ten years when movement caused relentless pain and standing was "really troublesome". In 1990, Coburn could barely walk because of rheumatoid arthritis and it impacted his work as an actor.

  5. Nov 19, 2002 · He was 74. Coburn died of a heart attack at home while listening to music with his wife, said his manager, Hillard Elkins. Coburn won his best supporting actor Oscar for the 1998 film after...

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    • Glenn Frey. This founding member of the legendary rock group the Eagles had RA, along with ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, when he passed away in January 2016 at age 67.
    • Lucille Ball. The legendary comedienne can still make viewers laugh, whether it's via YouTube clips or reruns of her famed 1950s show, I Love Lucy. But a severe bout with a painful condition in her late teens could have sidelined the icon's career before it began.
    • Tatum O’Neal. Once the highest-paid child star in history, Tatum O’Neal won an Oscar for her role in 1973’s Paper Moon when she was just 10. The actress/producer is upfront about her RA, posting on Instagram that her hands sometimes hurt too much to answer texts.
    • Christiaan Barnard. This South African surgeon earned his place in history when he performed the world’s first human heart transplant in 1967. But it isn't widely known that he lived with painful rheumatoid arthritis for much of his adult life.
  6. Sep 1, 2022 · James Coburn, who played in popular western films like “The Magnificent Seven” and “Hell Is for Heroes,” was sidelined just as his career was getting hot because his joints were too ...

  7. Nov 20, 2002 · The only thing that threw him was the crippling onset of rheumatoid arthritis in the Eighties. Ever the fighter, Coburn clawed his way back to recovery thanks to a mixture of spiritual...

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