Red Rug Review: Glenn Close was honored with the AGA Leadership Award

The 2nd Annual American Giving Awards were held earlier tonight at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA. The carpet was full celebrities and other amazing people not always thought of as celebrities,but some amazing people none the less.

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Six-time Oscar nominated, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning actress Glenn Close was honored with the AGA Leadership Award for her philanthropic endeavors.

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Joining Glenn was her sister Jessie Close who is a writer, and has lived with bipolar illness for most of her life, but wasn’t properly diagnosed until a stay at McLean Hospital in 2004. She had been diagnosed with bipolar 1 but still struggled to live. At McLean, the doctors addressed the psychotic element of her illness and began an anti-psychotic medication. Today, even though she and her doctors still occasionally adjust her medications, Jessie is successfully managing her illness. She posts articles at http://www.bringchange2mind.org/blog/author/jessie-close