After his birth, doctors discovered that he had severe cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder which left him almost entirely spastic in his limbs. Out of these 22, 13 lived while 9 died in infancy.
His parents were Bridget Fagan (1901–1968) and Patrick Brown. It was later made into a 1989 Academy Award-winning film My Left Foot, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown.Ĭhristy Brown was born into a working-class Irish family at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin in June 1932. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled Down All The Days (1954). Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot.
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