by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 18, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Tammy Wynette rose from poverty in rural Mississippi to become one of the most famous female country music singers. She sold more than 30 million records, had 57 Top-40 country hits between 1967 and 1988, won two Grammy Awards, three Country Music Association awards,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 12, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Kirstie Alley was an actress who gained fame when she joined the cast of Cheers in its sixth year, after Shelley Long (“Diane”) left the popular series. Alley was nominated four times for Emmy awards, and received one for Cheers and one for David’s...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 5, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Forty years ago this week we lost Marty Robbins at the tragically young age of 57. Robbins was one of the top country singers and songwriters from the 1940s to the 1980s, and today you will still hear his “El Paso,” “Big Iron” and many other...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 27, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Bruce Lee was the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. In the 1970’s, his fame as a movie star and martial arts instructor sparked North American interest in Asian martial arts. He brought martial arts to North America by founding Jeet Kune Do,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 20, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms is one of the “Three Bs”, who are considered to be among the world’s greatest composers of classical music. He was a brilliant virtuoso pianist who also composed for symphony orchestras,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 12, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Ted Kennedy was a successful United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009 from a brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme. He died 15 months after his diagnosis. Today we have no successful treatment for this type...
