Montel Williams is a former American television personality, radio talk show host, and actor. He is best known as host of the long-running daytime tabloid talk show "The Montel Williams Show," which led him to win a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.

Williams is active with the nonprofit MS Foundation, which he founded after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999. Additionally, Williams is noted for his service in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy, from which he was honorably discharged after 15 years of service.

Williams is a national spokesman of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a patient assistance program clearinghouse that helps low-income patients apply for free or reduced-price prescription drugs. Williams is also an outspoken advocate for US military veterans. He has publicly lobbied for government action to promptly resolve the Veterans Affairs scandal calling for a surge in effort under the banner VASURGE, and has promoted a White House petition to this effect.

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