Is Stevie Wonder completely blind? Learn all there is to know about the legendary musician’s condition.
Stevie Wonder, the blind but legendary singer, is known for many hit songs like Part-Time Lover and I Just Called to Say I Love You. Stevie was always seen wearing black glasses, but a photo of him without them has surfaced on social media. Since then, many fans have searched up whether the musician is partially, or completely blind. As it turns out, yes, Stevie Wonder is indeed completely blind.
The recently surfaced picture has led many people to wonder how the musician became blind and what the true cause of his blindness was. The Superstar and singer of That’s What Friends Are For lost his sight as a newborn, as he acquired a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, also known as RoP. Now that the picture of the singer without his glasses has gone viral, netizens are going gaga as it is not every day that one sees a picture of the legend without his glasses.
Social media users came across a rare sight when several accounts shared pictures of the legendary singer, Stevie Wonder, without his glasses. With many people commenting on how different he looks, others also stated that they were so used to seeing the For Once in My Life singer with glasses that they could have “sworn” that he was born with them. Many others also speculated that the picture belonged to 1989, from the Hall of Fame induction speech.
Stevie Wonder was born in 1950 in Michigan. Yet, because the musician was born six weeks early, his predicament started as soon as he was born.
While many people believe that the singer was born blind, the truth is that he lost his sight when he was six weeks old. The same happened due to the incubator releasing and containing too much oxygen, which led to Retinopathy of Prematurity. The condition occurs when the growth of the eye is aborted and causes the retinas to detach. This then ultimately results in blindness.
However, many people wondered how Stevie learned to play the guitar since he was blind. Well, the truth is that he taught himself to play many musical instruments, including the harmonica, drums, and even a piano, just by feeling the surface. Moreover, he learned all of this before turning 10.
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