Pulitzer Prize winning writer Gene Weingarten told Mother Jones in 2010 that he has Hepatitis C and got it while shooting smack at 17. Weingarten is best known for his humor column Below the Beltway at the Washington Post.
In addition he is a also a hypochondriac.
In the FaceDouble celebrity look a like parody (above - right) Weingarten can be seen to the left of legendary lounge singer Tony Clifton. In the video below Weingarten wore a disguise and played a violin in public to see how much money people would give him.
This profile has been updated to include an between Tony Clifton and David Letterman in 1982.