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Updated April 6, 2026, 9:33 a.m. ET
Rebecca King-Crews, the wife of actor Terry Crews, is revealing her Parkinson’s diagnosis.
The singer and fashion designer revealed she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s back in 2015, after experiencing symptoms for three years. She said in an interview on the “Today” show Monday, April 6, that she is revealing her diagnosis now to bring awareness to a promising new treatment that has improved her symptoms.
King-Crews, 60, went through an MR-guided focused ultrasound: an FDA-approved, non-invasive procedure to address symptoms on the right side of her body. In a video, she is seen being wheeled in a hospital bed, both of her hands shaking after being off medication for a few days. In another video apparently after the procedure, she is standing, her right hand still, while her left hand tremors.
Sitting on the couch with her husband and “Today” anchor Craig Melvin, she said for the first time in three years, she is now able to write with her name with her right hand. She will be in recovery for three months, and will see more improvements during that time, she added. She will have another procedure, to address the left side of her body, in September.
“I don’t believe in telling my story just so you can feel sorry for me. I really believe that this procedure and others like it are the new frontier of medicine,” King-Crews said.
What is a focused ultrasound?
The MR-guided focused ultrasound procedure involves going into the brain, without cutting, and using high-intensity sound waves (over 1,000 highly focused beams) to destroy a small targeted area of tissue responsible for tremors, according to the Cleveland Clinic. The procedure is approved to address tremors and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease, and is being studied for the treatment of tremors associated with multiple sclerosis and epileptic seizures.
The procedure has no risk of infection or bleeding, and no radiation is used. Complications can include nausea, headache, and temporary issues with numbing, speech or walking.
King-Crews said she wanted to increase awareness of the procedure in hopes of it being considered as an insurance-covered treatment for tremor-related conditions.
“I’m excited about the possibility, and I felt that I wanted to potentially make it more available for others because it’s an expensive surgery. It is not covered yet,” she said, adding that the treatment is a step closer to a permanent solution. “I believe that we’re going to find the cure.”
Crews, 57, said watching his wife – who is also a breast cancer survivor – see improvement in her symptoms after years of tremors, not sleeping and losing her balance gets him “choked up.”
“I knew she was a superhero, and she already went through cancer and defeated it,” he said. “When it’s in sickness and health, this is the battle that we were designed to fight together. We build each other up like that for almost 37 years, and all the way to forever.”
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