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Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 5, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

Ed Asner was an American actor and television star whose most famous character was Lou Grant, who first appeared on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in 1970. He was so well-liked that when the series ended in 1977, he was given his own show based on the same...
Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones Drummer

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 29, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

Charlie Watts was the drummer for 58 years with The Rolling Stones, arguably the top hard rock band in the world with an estimated 250 million records sold. The Rolling Stones won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and were inducted into the...
Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

Mary Tyler Moore and Type I Diabetes

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 23, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

Mary Tyler Moore was one of the most famous female television stars in North America, first as a wife and mother on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and then as a single working woman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) where  she became a role model...
John Wayne’s Cancers: Smoking or Radiation?

John Wayne’s Cancers: Smoking or Radiation?

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 8, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

John Wayne was one of the best-paid actors in Hollywood for more than 40 years, appeared in more than 170 films and starred in 142 of them, mostly westerns. His size (6’4″ and 225 pounds) and pugnacious behavior helped him to be cast as a cowboy, lawman,...
Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

Hal Connolly, from Disabled Child to Olympic Gold

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 1, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

Harold Connolly was born with only one functioning arm. Because of that he had to fight to be accepted, so he worked harder than everyone else. He became such a fierce competitor in the hammer throw that he won a gold medal in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne,...
Ed Asner: “Lou Grant,” “Elf” and “Up”

Wilma Rudolph: Olympian and Polio Survivor

by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 28, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People

At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, a polio survivor, became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. More than 80,000 spectators watched the 5-foot-11, 130 pound athlete win the 100-meter dash by more than three yards in a...
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