Woody Guthrie died from Huntingdon’s Chorea in 1967. Although he passed away in his 50’s he was a prolific song writer–the most famous being “This Land is Your Land.” His mother died of Huntingdon’s when he was 14. His first two daughters died of Huntingdon’s.
So what’s going on here?
To find out please come this afternoon at 3:30 PM to hear neurogenetics Associate Professor of Neurology from the UW talk about genetically inherited neurologic disorders.