by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 6, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
National Hockey League All-Star Gordie Howe was arguably the best hockey player ever because he was stronger, faster and more pugnacious than everyone else. He played professional hockey for fifty years. During the 26 years he played in the NHL, • He led the league in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 28, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Dick Buerkle ran 3:54.93 to break the world record in the men’s indoor mile in 1978, and earned places on the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic teams. From age 12 onward, he had suffered considerable taunting from his classmates because he lost all the hair on his head...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 22, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
If you were alive during World War II, you probably remember Vera Lynn as the “Forces’ Sweetheart” of Great Britain’s resistance to Nazi Germany — but you don’t have to be that old to recognize her songs. Throughout the war she sang on...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 15, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Harold Reid was the bass singer of the Statler Brothers, a quartet that was voted into the Country Music and Gospel Music Halls of Fame and was one of the most successful vocal harmony groups in the history of country music. They moved gospel harmonies into popular...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 8, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Zachary Taylor became the 12th president of the United States after being a national hero as the major general who led the United States to victory in the Mexican–American War in 1848. He ran on a platform to preserve the union in its battles over slavery. He died...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Christopher Reeve was a BAFTA-award-winning movie actor best known as the 6’4″ athletic Superman and his bumbling counterpart, Clark Kent. He was also a Screen Actors Guild Award-winning television actor and a Golden Globe Award nominee. In his late 30s,...
