The Surprising Way George Lucas Learned He Had Diabetes Best Life
RELATED: Two-Time Cancer Survivor Kathy Bates Warns Others Never to Do This. According to the British health organization Diabetes U.K., Lucas learned he had diabetes at the age of 23, when he was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. “During his physical, the doctors discovered that he had Type 2 diabetes and told him that he couldn’t go to Vietnam,” the site explains. While the director himself has remained tight-lipped about his diagnosis, the organization later added that Lucas “set a great example for millions of diabetic patients around the world by keeping his blood sugars levels under control for about 50 long years....