by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 21, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Linus Pauling died at age 93 of prostate cancer, a disease that affects nearly 100 percent of North American men over age 90. He was one of the most influential chemists of all time, and also a peace activist, author, and educator. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 14, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Charley Pride was the first Black superstar of country music. He grew up in abject poverty and wanted to be a professional baseball player. He had the talent, but an elbow injury at age 24 cut short his baseball pitching career. To make enough money to feed his...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 7, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Rafer Johnson was one of America’s greatest athletes. He was the world record holder and 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in the 1956 Olympics and also gold in the 1955 Pan American Games. He was the star of his Kingsburg High...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 29, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Diego Maradona was widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer (called “Football” in most of the world) players of all time. He could dribble the ball through an entire opposing team and could kick the ball where the goalie couldn’t reach it. He won the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 25, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
The year 2020 will be remembered for the incredible ground-breaking research leading to vaccines to prevent COVID-19, which may progress to new vaccines that will prevent almost any known viral infection in humans, even though they do not contain any weakened or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 16, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Paul Hornung was better than everyone else on a football field, according to Frank Leahy, his coach at Notre Dame, who said, “He could run through opposing teams like a mower going through grass.” Vince Lombardi, his coach with the Green Bay Packers, said, “Paul...
