by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 1, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837), the first who was brought up in poverty and the first not to come from either Massachusetts or Virginia. He certainly was one of the toughest presidents who ever lived. He served in the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 25, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
One of the world's greatest theoretical physicists died on March 13, 2018 at age 76. In spite of suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which left him able to move only a few muscles in the side of his face, he opened new ground on how we view the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 16, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Madame Marie Curie was one of the most brilliant and hard-working people who ever lived. She won two Nobel Prizes and helped her husband and daughter each win one. When she died in 1934 at age 66, her death certificate read that she died of pernicious anemia...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 4, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Billy Graham came from relative poverty, milking cows and plowing fields on a family dairy farm near Charlotte, NC, to become a Southern Baptist minister and the best-known North American evangelist of the 20th century. He hosted his huge crusades from 1947 until his...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
John Harvey Kellogg was a medical doctor and director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, a hospital, spa and expensive hotel that helped to heal sick people primarily by getting them to eat a plant-based diet. To help people eat more...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Strong family support helped Mickey Mantle go from a poor mining town in Oklahoma to being the superstar center fielder of the New York Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s. He hit 536 home runs, had the highest stolen base percentage and was arguably the greatest...
