by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 18, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
On April 17, 1790, The Pennsylvania Gazette announced the death of its 84-year-old founder, Benjamin Franklin. More than 20,000 people attended his funeral, about 70 percent of the people who lived in Philadelphia at the time. His coffin was carried by the most...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 11, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Mickey Rooney was truly one of the most enduring and talented performers of all time. He could act seriously, tell jokes and be funny, sing, and dance in his many roles in the theater, Broadway, vaudeville, radio, TV and more than 300 movies over his 90-year...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 28, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Paul Allen was ranked as the 44th-richest person in the world ($20.3 billion), co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and then went on to found his own company, Vulcan Inc., that owned research, media, technology and spaceflight companies. He owned three major...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 21, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
It may not be so good to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, a famous actress who was a four-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee and who was ranked by TV Guide as "One of the 50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time"....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 14, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States and has been voted America's worst president ever in many polls including one by Harvard's Arthur Schlesinger. He appointed several extremely wealthy businessmen to cabinet positions, the most...
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...
