Age Quote by Tanni Grey-Thompson

When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so…

— Michael Greger

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

— Steve Earle

I've seen my mom confined to a wheelchair in the last three years of her life. Both her knees had given way, and there…

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

In 2003, he was hit by a subway in Prague and lost both of his legs. It made me realize that we take for…

— Bianca Kajlich

My grandfather was terminally ill, and any interaction with him felt so incomplete. It seemed impossible to say or do anything that was enough.…

— Jesse Andrews

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more…

— Pam Ferris

I was very close to having my whole leg amputated. It was a life-altering event. It took years of rehab.

— Jay Williams

My grandmother passed away from diabetes. And my father died from heart disease as a result of diabetes. They were in their early 60s.

— Alvin Leung

I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and…

— Matthew Rhys

In my own family, my own brother was not well and required a kidney transplant.

— Arjun Mathur

My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was…

— Walter Mosley

My father passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that…

— Christine Lagarde