tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794813511636050295.post-62829317388457272352008-01-01T18:27:00.000-08:002008-01-01T18:30:19.642-08:00<div class="cbstv_main_column"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/local/paul.mccartney.impersonator.2.621194.html">See original article here</a></div> <div id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentModulesPlaceHolder_ContentModuleZone_18"> <div class="cbstv_module_wrap_pad cbstv_article_wrap"> <h2>Parkinson's Sufferer Does Top McCartney Impression</h2> <span class="cbstv_attribution" style=""> CHICAGO (AP) ― </span> Until Parkinson's disease caused Mike Oltersdorf to start shaking badly, all his troubles seemed so far away. The Paul McCartney impersonator won a string of look-alike contests and was paid to impersonate the ex-Beatle everywhere from Las Vegas to Belgium.<br /><br />That fantasy life appeared to end ten months ago when he decided to hang up his Sergeant Pepper's jacket for good because of the worsening tremors. But now he's back, thanks to medication and a wish to inspire fellow Parkinson's patients in presentations to support groups.<br /><br />The 57-year-old uses his guitar, Beatles lyrics and a phrase spotted on a McDonald's place mat -- "Do something worth remembering" -- to encourage other Parkinson's sufferers.<br /><br />The West Dundee man says he likes to joke to people that he looks a bit like Paul McCartney and shakes like Michael J. Fox.<br /> </div> <div class="cbstv_partners_wrap"> <h3 class="cbstv_section_head"><img class="cbstv_section_head_navy" src="http://static.cbslocal.com/Themes/CBS/_resources/img/spacer.gif" align="left" /></h3></div></div> </div> <dl class="cbstv_article_images cbstv_img_border"><dt> <img id="ctl00_ctl00_ContentModulesPlaceHolder_ContentModule_28264_rptRelatedImages_ctl01_imgThumbnail" class="cbstv_cursor_pointer" src="http://image.cbslocal.com/175x131/PaulMcCartney.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; height: 131px; width: 175px;" /><br />Mike Oltersdorf has won numerous contests to look like this man, Sir Paul McCartney.<br />Getty Images </dt><dd> <br /></dd></dl>Dan Onoreply@blogger.com