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Show Celebrating Uometonn Lift s aa k his hometown and then at a private boarding school in Jacksonville, Fla. In June 1990, he was the first liYiC CEO and EDITOR IN CHIEF L Dared Hammond draft pick of the Braves. After learning the ropes in the minor leagues, Jones officially joined the Braves in 1995, helping the team win the World Series. He was voted National League Most Valu- always enjoyed Brett Butler as a comedian and in her series Grace Under Fire. What is she doing now? PRESIDENT Richard G. B-- , Ohio a knack for comedy early. She recalls performing her first system. She started exhibiting symptoms nearly 20 years ago. As the disease progressed, it affected her ability to walk, as standup routine at a school Christmas pageant w'hen she was 8 you noticed in the television movie you saw. Worried that years old. She married briefly at age 19. When the marriage ended after three years, she started waiting speaking out about her MS would lead to a loss tables at a club in Texas where she started her What makes of work, Garr brushed comedy career. As she gained experience, she found a fan in comedian Robert Klein, who off questions about her American Profile would like to feature some of encouraged her to try her luck in New York. limping by saying she our readers' mothers in an upcoming Mothers had bone spurs on her Her luck was pretty good, and soon she was invited to appear on The Tonight Shou with neck and spine. A new Day story. Tell us, in a concise letter, why your mother is such a great mom. Mail it to: medication has helped Johnny Carson. Butler got her own cable special and eventually her ABC senes, Grate L'nder Mother's Day, do American Profile her, and she has become 34 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400 Fire. She has written her autobiography titled a spokesman for the drug, Art Director Brenan Sharp Director of Photography: Publication Photo Franklin, TN 37067 or to know about Chipper who Jones, plays for the Atlanta Braves. Is he married, does he have children? d like it to mymolheramencanprofk.com include please your full name, address, and telephone number. outIt seems as if the fielder, who is married with two sons, was born to play baseball. Jones grew up in Pierson, Fla. His dad was a high school teacher and baseball coach. Jones started tossing the ball at his dad s practice sessions when he was just 3 years old. As soon as he was old enough, Page 2 talking to doctors, MS patients, and the public about how it has eased her symptoms. Garr began her career as a ballet dancer. She worked her way up through the show biz ranks from go-g- o dancer in Elvis Presley films to sidekick on The Sonny and Cher Show to roles in such films as Young A.B. Caver, Texas The Braves Chipper Jones. ' Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Dumb and Dumber. She has worked steadily since being diagnosed with the disease. Cover photo by Randy Janoski B Would you like to know more about your favorite celebrity or public figure? Send your questions to: when he didnt have games or practice, Jones would play baseball with a friend, sometimes covering every position if there was no one else around. Natu- askusamericanprople.com. Aawtane K ehi Holman ADVERTISING SALES rally, he played in high school, first in Advertinny Tracey Aftnan New tort Us Angdes J5I0 Chogo Dean Nashvde CIRCULATION Vice PreudentfPubfiiher SALES (Utoaon Jerry ly3 Nashvde CORPORATE AND EDITORIAL OfFICES Nashde6lS 468 6000 PUBLISHING GROUP Of AMERICA Chairman, Praddant and CEO: L Dared Hammond Senior VP and Odef Financial C Duggan Sonior VP of Saio Steve Young Senior VP of Pubfahing: Richard G Porter VP of Strategic Development: Joe Dondanvilir Cunti Human titer Greg Coble r RceourcesAdmn. 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The oldest of five girls, she grew up in Georgia and showed she has multiple sclerosis, which affects the central nervous Davis Stuart Engiert Richard Matthews Associate tel- Richard mus-ing-s, her random thoughts, and commentary on events of the Editor Carol National to have difficulty walking, but the role didnt demand a physical impairment. Does she have a physical problem or an injury? Gravel-Throat- Cox Chari Q saw Ten Gan' in a evision movie. She seemed She's back on the road doing scandup comedy, on what she calls the I larpie Tour, and ust signed a deal with USA network to develop a pilot for a series. She also has an official website, w here she regularly contributes 4 PRODUCTION VICE PRESIDENTCREAT1YE Regional EdKors I EDITOR Peter Fossd able Player in 1999- Carole V., Alabama forter VICE PRES1DENTEXECUTIVE rho - |