- Born
- Birth nameBret Michael Sychak
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Bret Michaels was born on March 15, 1963 in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Letter from Death Row (1998), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and Friday Night Lights (2004).
- Bandanas and Cowboy Hats
- Hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage on April 23, 2010.
- Was forced early on in his music career to disclose his insulin dependence due to Type 1 diabetes after an incident at Madison Square Garden where he collapsed onstage while performing with Poison. He was so nervous in the preceding hours, he took his insulin shot, and forgot to eat anything afterwards, which sent him into insulin shock while onstage. This, combined with photos that began to circulate of him self-administering insulin (with people mistakenly assuming he was injecting narcotics) forced his hand, and he disclosed that his dependence on insulin.
- Is an insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetic, diagnosed at age 6.
- Underwent surgery to repair a hole in his heart on January 24, 2011 in Phoenix and is recuperating.
- Lead singer of popular rock band Poison.
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