by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
As one of the most versatile American singers of all time, Aretha Franklin was best known for singing soul music and gospel and popular songs, but with less than two hours notice, she was able to use her powerful mezzo-soprano voice to sing a great opera aria when she...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
The oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 auto race, Parnelli Jones, died at age 90 on June 4, 2024 after suffering for several years with Parkinson’s disease. He was an American professional racing-car driver who later became a racing team owner and a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 6, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Bill Walton was a professional basketball player and television sportscaster who was:one of the best college basketball players ever in spite of suffering uncountable injuries requiring 38 significant surgeries. He was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Duane Eddy was known as ‘The first “rock-n-roll guitar god” because he was the most commercially-successful instrumental-only artist in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. His style influenced the Shadows, the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. His recordings...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Louis Gossett was a very famous movie and television actor who won the 1982 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing a no-nonsense drill sergeant in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” where he had prepared for the part by taking field drills with a real marine...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 8, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
Czechoslovakian Olga Fikotova, the 1956 Olympic Discus Champion, died at age 91 of breast cancer in Costa Mesa, California on April 14, 2024. During the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Olga met Harold Connolly, the American who won the gold medal in the...
