by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
At age 60, British comedian Ian Cognito collapsed and died from a heart attack while performing on stage at a crowded comedy club on April 11, 2019. The audience thought that this was part of his act and did not realize that he was actually having a heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 28, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Peter Sellers was a very talented British film actor, comedian and singer who could create characters and copy accents so effectively that he often played several different roles in the same film. He was nominated three times for an Academy Award, and four times for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 21, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Earl Thomas Conley was a country music singer-songwriter who during the 1980s and 1990s had 24 Top-10 country singles including 18 that were Number One. Only Alabama and Ronnie Milsap had more number one hits during the decade. This month, at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 14, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Jack Lemmon was an actor who starred in more than 60 films, won two Academy Awards and was nominated eight times. He was born into a wealthy but abusive family and died at age 76 from complications of colon cancer that had spread to his bladder. From birth on, Lemmon...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
On January 26, 1979, Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States, a four-term governor of New York and an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, died at age 70 of a heart attack that was rumored to have occurred during extramarital sex. New York...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 24, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the saddest story I have ever had to write. Kelly Catlin was a world-class bicycle racer who won a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and gold medals in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the same time, she was a...
