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14. Juli 2020 · Superstar singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder lost his sight as a newborn when he came into the world six weeks early with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disorder caused by...
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Stevie Wonder- real name Steveland Hardaway Judkins - was born six weeks premature on May 13 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. Contrary to popular belief Stevie wasn't actually born blind, but became so at six weeks old due to the incubator he was placed in after birth containing too much oxygen and causing the condition Retinopathy of Prematurity. ROP is...
Stevie taught himself to play the harmonica at just five years old and according to his mother began to learn to play the drums aged eight after regularly listening to the radio and banging out a rhythm on any surface he could find.
At just 12-years-old Stevie Wonder was signed by Berry Gordy Jr. of Motown Records and produced his first album entitled Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius which hit the number one spot on both the pop and R&B charts. Steviewas dedicated to music practice and regularly had guidance from teachers to help him improve his piano and songwriting skil...
Speaking to The Guardianin 2012, Stevie said that his lack of sight has never held him back: "...I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage. "I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically – I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make somet...
20. Dez. 2021 · There, it's possible that he was given too much oxygen, which likely worsened the congenital condition, leaving him permanently blind. The young lad didn't let his blindness hamper him. At the age of five, according to Oprah Magazine, he reportedly told his mother, "Don't worry about me being blind, because I'm happy."
3. Dez. 1999 · Pop singer Stevie Wonder is to undergo pioneering surgery in an attempt to restore the eyesight he lost just hours after his birth. The experimental procedure, developed at Johns Hopkins...
12. Okt. 2023 · Did Stevie Wonder ever regain any sight? Despite numerous medical advances over the years, Stevie Wonder has never regained his sight. However, he continues to embrace his blindness as part of his identity, using his music to break barriers and create social change.
In 1950, Stevie Wonder — or as he was known back then, Stevland Hardaway Judkins — was born six weeks early in Saginaw, Michigan. He was placed in an incubator for life support. And when he was seven weeks old, the baby had lost his sense of sight. And it was because of a doctor’s unfortunate mistake.
18. Apr. 2020 · The iconic soul singer lost his sight when he was six weeks old due to retinopathy of prematurity. Stevie Wonder, whose real name is Stevland Hardaway Morris, was not born...
