It is with the most profound sadness that the Lewy Body Society
announces the death of its Founding Patron and inspiration,
Princess Millicent Medvied, who died peacefully in her home on 20
April 2008 after a long and valiant struggle with Lewy Body disease.
Beautiful and talented, she was an humanitarian and artist . An
adored and glamorous matriarch, she was devoted to her husband
of 65 years, her two children, five grand-children and three great-
grandchildren.
Her other legacy is the Lewy Body Society

On 30 March 2008 the Manuden (Essex) Singers performed a concert in aid of the Lewy Body Society to a sold-out audience at St Mary’s Church, Manuden. The concert, which included the Faure Requiem, raised an astonishing £1188.00 for the Society, a record-breaking amount for the Singers to raise at an event

After the Society’s terrific success at the International Psychogeriatric Association’s congress in Japan last autumn, the LBS had another well -received stall at the IPA’s European regional meeting held in Dublin on 8-12 April in conjunction with the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Old Age. With a well-positioned table, people escaped without noticing us or getting “stickered” and/or handed a brochure.