by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 7, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
From 1900 to 1940, doctors routinely put people to bed for at least two months after a heart attack. In the 1950s the first studies came out to show that men who were put to bed after a heart attack were more likely to die than those who were active (American Heart...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 23, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
He was arguably the greatest baseball batter ever. He played 19 years for the Boston Red Sox and every one of those 19 years, he was an American League All-Star. In 1941, he had a batting average of 406, which remains the highest batting average in the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 16, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Burt Reynolds was a famous film and television star, producer, and director who had it all. He was extremely good looking, incredibly popular with the ladies, a gifted movie star who could be absolutely hilarious, a college scholarship athlete who was a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 9, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Robin Leach was best known as the host of the 1984-95 television series, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, which featured palatial homes, yachts, expensive cars and lavish lifestyles of wealthy entertainers, athletes and corporate executives. Leach died prematurely...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 2, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Neil Simon was America's premier play and movie writer. His more than 30 plays and 30 movies won a Pulitzer Prize, three Oscars, three Tony awards, 17 Tony nominations and four Academy Award nominations. He once had four successful plays running at the same time...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 12, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Charlotte Rae was a stage, television and film actress and singer who, at age 52, became widely known and loved as Mrs. Edna Garrett in the TV shows "Diff’rent Strokes" and its spinoff "The Facts of Life" (1978-1987). As Mrs. Garrett,...
