by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Czechoslovakian Olga Fikotova, the 1956 Olympic Discus Champion, died at age 91 of breast cancer in Costa Mesa, California on April 14, 2024. During the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Olga met Harold Connolly, the American who won the gold medal in the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 27, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Roman Gabriel was a quarterback in the National Football League for 16 years, with the Los Angeles Rams from 1962 to 1972 and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973 to 1977. In 1969 he led the NFL with 24 touchdown passes and was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player. He was in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 20, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Akebono Taro was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach the highest rank in Sumo wrestling and he was also one of the tallest and heaviest Sumo wrestlers ever at 6′ 8″ in height and more than 500 pounds in weight. Taro retired from wrestling in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 12, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
O.J. Simpson died from the complications of prostate cancer on April 10, 2024, shortly after he had received chemotherapy. He was 76 years old. He was respected as one of America’s best football players, but lost a lot of personal respect after the 1994 deaths of his...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 6, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Seiji Ozawa was a classical music conductor who was famous through an incredible number of recordings, radio and television appearances, and world tours. He was the lead conductor of the Chicago Symphony (1964–1968), the Toronto Symphony (1965–1969), the San Francisco...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 3, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
In the 1950s, Ancel Keys had a theory that dietary saturated fats and cholesterol in animal products raise blood cholesterol and blood pressure to increase risk for heart attacks, a leading killer of North Americans. Also in the 1950s, John Yudkin was the leading...
