by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 3, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great died suddenly at the very young age of 32. This month, more than 2,300 years later, Dr Katherine Hall of the University of Otaga in New Zealand gives a very strong argument that he died of nerve damage from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 27, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the sad story of Cole Porter, one of America's greatest and most talented composers who won just about every award possible for songs and musical productions, and how his life was destroyed by a fall off a horse that caused pain for the rest of his life,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 13, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Daryl Dragon was a talented musician with serious medical problems who succeeded in the popular musical entertainment industry because of the incredible love, kindness and patience of his devoted wife, Toni Tennille. He played keyboards and she sang to form the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 6, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
During World War II, both Allied and Axis soldiers on the front lines buoyed themselves up by listening to the same song, "Lili Marleen". The song was incredibly effective in raising the morale of soldiers living in the worst of conditions and not...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 30, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the story of a brilliant and highly successful lady who thought that she was stupid, incompetent and unattractive. Penny Marshall was an outstanding actress, director and producer. In the 1970s, she received three nominations for the Golden Globe...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 16, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Paul Leroy Robeson was an All-American football player who became a world-famous singer and actor. He spent his entire life fighting for the rights of the working class and against ignorance and prejudice. Robeson was born in 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, the...
