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Princess Yasmin at Upcoming AFI Awards - 2009-03-26

yasminmisc002 - Princess Yasmin With Mother Rita Hayworth
Date: 
Friday, 2009, March 6
Location: 

Princess will accept a posthumous AFI Dallas Star Award on behalf of her late mother Rita Hayworth.


Interview

‘There’s hope.’ Princess Yasmin Aga Khan opens up about her mother Rita Hayworth and Alzheimer’s disease

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan poses for a photograph at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Ont. on March 29, 2019. Cole Burston/The Glob
Source: 
www.theglobeandmail.com

When Hollywood star Rita Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1981 at the age of 62, her daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan took on the role of her conservator.

In addition to caring for her mother, Princess Yasmin, who is a half-sister of the Ismaili Muslim spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, also became an early spokesperson for those with Alzheimer’s, bringing public attention to a neurodegenerative disease that few openly discussed.

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‘There’s hope.’ Princess Yasmin Aga Khan opens up about her mother Rita Hayworth and Alzheimer’s disease

Princess Yasmin Aga Khan poses for a photograph at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Ont. on March 29, 2019. Cole Burston/The Glob
Source: 
www.theglobeandmail.com

When Hollywood star Rita Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1981 at the age of 62, her daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan took on the role of her conservator.

In addition to caring for her mother, Princess Yasmin, who is a half-sister of the Ismaili Muslim spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, also became an early spokesperson for those with Alzheimer’s, bringing public attention to a neurodegenerative disease that few openly discussed.

Princess Yasmin at Upcoming AFI Awards - 2006-07-06

Source: 
The Dallas Morning News

The Oscar ceremony's kissing bandit Adrien Brody will be in the house at the March 26 opening night gala for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. The best actor Oscar winner for The Pianist will receive the AFI Dallas Star Award during the festivities at the AMC NorthPark Theater.

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