Actor Ray Walston lost a 6 year battle with lupus and died just after his 86th Birthday in 2001. He appeared in films such as, Paint your Wagon, South Pacific, Buck Rogers and The Sting and regularly on various TV programmes such as My Favourite Martian in the 1960’s and Star Trek the Next Generation & Voyager.
Michael Wayne
Michael Wayne, the eldest son of late actor John Wayne who helped produce several of his father's films, died aged 68 of heart failure following complications from lupus.
Randall Winston
Randall Winston (pictured with Dick Van Dyke). Producer for the hit series, Scrubs and Cougar Town, donated a kidney to sister Karen after she developed lupus-related kidney disease, which caused her own kidneys to fail.
Morgan Woolard
Morgan Woolard, runner up to Miss USA. Morgan caused a massive uproar when she said she had been ‘cured of lupus’, people went so far as to raise petitions to get her to withdraw her comments.
Some statements she made seemed to indicate that she actually had drug induced lupus, which can usually be reversed by stopping the medication that causes the condition.
Eduardo Xol
ABC's Extreme Home Makeover landscaper Eduardo's sister has Lupus.
He helped his sister relax and relieve stress by creating a garden oasis designed with sun sensitivity in mind.
Mercedes Yvette
American fashion model and actress Mercedes Yvette was a finalist on America's Next Top model. During the show she revealed that she had lupus.
She is now a spokesperson for the Lupus Foundation of America.
