by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 20, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Fifty years ago, Jim Henson created the Muppets, the world’s most famous puppets, for the children’s educational television show, Sesame Street. He won two Emmy Awards for his work, and sold his company to Walt Disney for $150 million. The beloved show has...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 15, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Cass Elliot was “Mama Cass,” the nearly 300 pound contralto lead singer of The Mamas and The Papas, a dominant folk rock vocal group in the late 1960s. They sold more than 40 million records, with six of their albums making it to the Billboard top ten. A hippie group...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 1, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Babe Ruth was arguably the greatest baseball player who ever lived. When he retired from baseball in 1935, he held the record for most home runs (714), had a batting average of .342, batted in 2,213 runs, had a slugging percentage of 690, got on base 47.4 percent of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 12, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
We lost one of the greatest comics and actors of our time when Robin Williams took his own life at his home in California on August 11, 2014. He was 63. How could a person who appeared to have everything, from being born wealthy and secure to being one of the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 2, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Hammerin’ Hank Aaron was regarded as one of the greatest baseball players ever. He hit 755 home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record, hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and in 1982, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 21, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Elvis Presley sold more records than anyone else in the history of recorded music. He was nominated for 14 Grammys and won three, and has been inducted into virtually every music hall of fame. He died at the tragically young age of 42. In the last years of his life,...
