Their program, "Windmills," educated Kathy Buckley the Deaf Comedian. for a hospital, one of the attendants thought she was dead! Billed as "America's First Hearing Impaired Comedienne", Kathy Buckley is a five-time American Comedy Award Nominee as Best Stand-Up Female Comedienne, and the winner of countless other awards for her work. Could Hear What I See: Lessons About Life, Luck, and the Choices We Make.". occasionally blurting out combinations. Kathy had begun doing modeling for the Gold Circle stores before she Kathie Lee," "Entertainment Tonight," and "Good Morning, A trip to Lake Erie in 1974 turned deadly. She thought everyone heard low rumblings and beach, a jeep driven by the lifeguard struck and ran over her. Meeting Skelton a number of years later, she told him this story; Circle and was on her way to work when the car drove off a bridge into a creek. It was about Kathy's life. "rave" reviews. She learned She was able to hear things that she had never heard sent her to the semi-finals and then to the finals. Or it baby and needed a complete blood transfusion within 15 minutes of birth. twelve-hour delay in that transfusion might have affected her hearing. knowing that all things will be done in His time ...", In 2001 Kathy appeared in a PBS Special: "Kathy Buckley: No Labels, No October 15, 2015 When Kathy Buckley was 20 years old, she was peacefully sunbathing on the beach when a 3,500-pound lifeguard jeep ran over her. Later the same show with the name "Now Hear This!" Kathy next took a job at an aerobics center and then became an exercise combined education with comedy. It was called: "Don't Buck With to edit stories to reach the punchline quicker and tried to get comfortable in Take A Stand," held to raise money for children with cerebral palsy. HBO would let her perform it on TV. and I forgave the people who hurt me ..." Kathy was bolstered by words of The resulting with fainting spells and headaches, even spending some time in a mental (A friend's mother worked there and "smuggled" her out, Some of her nicknames were: "Buck," "Buckwheat," Also this year a book written by Kathy was published: "If You Some of "wah-wah" noises and had no idea how words were supposed to sound. While Kathy was sunbathing on the aware of just what her problem was, Kathy had to cope on her own. She had a number of internal injuries, and nerves in and they shared a hug " .. so our hearts could meet as one ...". school. yearbook--first as photographer and finally in her senior year as editor! "disruptive" and a "low achiever." Returning for a When Kathy Buckley was a little girl, she and her family watched TV together. For a while, she had some by Stan Griffin, Deaf Friends International Special Contributor. Rehabilitation. Show with Jay Leno." thumb." In kindergarten and first grade, Kathy was described as Kathy had a long-standing dream of becoming an actress. cuts to the face which needed 32 stitches. Limits." not just exist ... Focus on the good and let go of the bad ... Everything bad