Montel Brian Anthony Williams

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WHAT IS A HERO? A HERO TO ME IS A PERSON WHO HELPS OUT OTHERS AND CARES FOR OTHER PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST THEMSELVES. THEY CAN DO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND BE A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AS WELL. WELL MY HERO IS LIKE THAT AND HIS NAME IS MONTEL WILLIAMS. HE IS A TALK SHOW HOST, AN ACTOR, PRODUCER, AUTHOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER TO MILLIONS OF YOUTH, COUNSELOR, AND AN AWARD WINNING NAVY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.

MONTEL WILLIAMS WAS BORN JULY 3, 1956 IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, MONTEL JOINED THE U.S. NAVY AND SERVED ABOARD THE U.S.S. SAMPSON. HIS MILITARY CAREER SPANNED 22 YEARS, AND RECEIVED A NUMBER OF MEDALS DURING THAT TIME, INCLUDING THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, TWO NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDALS, TWO HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDALS, A NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, TWO NAVY COMMENDATION MEDALS, AND TWO MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS.

THAT'S NOT ALL HE DID. HE WAS A TALK SHOW HOST ON THE MONTEL WILLIAMS SHOW, WHICH HE BEGAN HOSTING ON CBS 1991. IN THE LATE 90s, MONTEL SHIFTED HIS FOCUS, SOFTENING HIS SHOW AND TAKING ON MORE SERIOUS TOPICS. IT HAS BECOME A MORE INSPIRATIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THIS, THOUGH IT DOES DELVE INTO SOME GRAY AREAS, INCLUDING REGULAR GUEST SYLVIA BROWNE'S PARANORMAL OFFERINGS.

THEN SOMETHING DEVASTATING HAPPENED. MONTEL WILLIAMS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. SCLEROSIS IS AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT'S THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. PREDOMINANTLY, IT IS A DISEASE OF THE "WHITE MATTER" TISSUE. THE WHITE MATTER IS MADE UP OF NERVE FIBRES WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSMITTING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS BOTH INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CNS AND BETWEEN THE CNS AND THE NERVES SUPPLYING REST OF THE BODY.

MY HERO, MONTEL WILLIAMS ISN'T JUST A HERO BUT A HUMAN BEING. HE HELPS EVERYBODY WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. HE IS A VERY GOOD PERSON.