by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 7, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Samuel Katz died of “old age” at age 95 on October 31, 2022. He was a pediatrician and virologist who saved thousands of lives by developing the measles vaccine more than 50 years ago, and went on to become chairman of pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 1, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Jerry Lee Lewis, nicknamed “the Killer,” was a world famous rock and roll singer and songwriter and one of the most influential pop pianists of the 20th century. He played the piano with his fists, elbows, heels, and rump, and often kicked the piano bench...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 21, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
From 1945 to 1952, Eva Peron was the wife of Juan Peron, the most powerful man in Argentina. When she first met him, he was a general who seized the dictatorship of the country. She was the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman and his girlfriend. Because her parents...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 17, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Robbie Coltrane was a Scottish actor and comedian who was famous for portraying Rubeus Hagrid in all of the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). He also played Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999),...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 9, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Loretta Lynn came from severe poverty as the second of eight children of a coal miner in Kentucky, to become arguably America’s most prolific singer and songwriter over a 70-year career in country music. She started her career in 1960 after being married at age 15 and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 1, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Jackie Gleason was the most famous television actor of his time and he was so hilarious that reruns of his shows and movies are still popular today. • At age 33, he became Chester A. Riley in the television production of “The Life of Riley.” • At age 36,...
