‘Sound of Music’ Star, 90, Makes Rare Public Appearance

'The Sound of Music'/IMDB/Phil Mccarten / REUTERS/IMDB The screen icon who starred in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music used her famous voice to rally support against Parkinson’s disease. Julie Andrews, 90, appeared in a World Parkinson Coalition video promoting the seventh World Parkinson Congress on May 25. “Your participation is invaluable as we seek to find a cure to this terrible disease,” she says in the video. “I know well how devastating it can be.” Andrews, who does not have Parkinson’s, said. “May we all become a beacon of light to stop it in its tracks. Count me in, as a red thread.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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