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Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (b. December 28, 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an American Pakistani philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease.

She is the second child of Rita Hayworth, the American movie actress. Her father was Hayworth's third husband, Prince Aly Khan, a vice president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan, for which he served as U.N. ambassador.

[edit] Childhood and education

Her early life was spent with her mother and her half sister, Rebecca Welles (daughter of Hayworth's marriage to Orson Welles). Her half-brothers are His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and Prince Amyn Aga Khan.

She attended Boxton School, a small boarding School in Massachusetts.

In 1973 she graduated from Bennington College in the United States and was originally interested in operatic singing.

[edit] Philanthropic activities

Influenced by the death of her mother, for whom she cared for many years, from Alzheimer's disease, Yasmin Aga Khan serves on the Board of Directors, as Vice Chairman, of the United States Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Association. She is also the president of Alzheimer Disease International, a National Council Member of the Salk Institute, and a spokesperson for the Boston University School of Medicine, Board of Visitors. She also serves on numerous boards of the Aga Khan Foundation. She is featured in a 2009 documentary I Remember Better When I Paint. The film reviews the latest technology in treating Alzheimer's disease and focuses on the positive results received from patients that paint. ^[1]

[edit] Marriages and child

In 1985, she married her first husband, economist and shipping heir Basil Embiricos, by whom she has a son, Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos. They were divorced in 1987.

In 1989, she married her second husband, lawyer and real-estate developer Christopher Michael Jeffries. He divorced her in 1993, charging abandonment.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Newsdesk". 28 October 2009. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/view/pressrelease/2nd-annual-bel-air-film-festival-announces-line-up-and-honorees-335076. 
2. ^ Brozan, Nadine. 11 December 1993, Chronicle, The New York Times.

[edit] External links

• ADI,Alzheimer's Disease International