by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 3, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
What would you do if you were one of the smartest and most beautiful women in Europe and you were married to Gustav Mahler, a famous classical music conductor and composer who was 19 years older than you, a workaholic, chronically depressed and impotent? His...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 27, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
What do you say to a husband who is madly in love with his wife, when he learns that she is going to die? Joey and Rory Feek were that couple, country musicians who shared everything they did: their music, their love for each other and their children,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 20, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Clyde Lovellette was the first basketball player to be on teams that won N.C.A.A. and National Basketball Association championships and Olympic gold medals. Only Bill Russell, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan have repeated that accomplishment. At 6'...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 13, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Nancy Reagan was a film actress and First Lady from 1981 to 1989 as the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. She started the "Just Say No" campaign against drugs that led to 12,000 anti-drug youth clubs, and in October 1988,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 28, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Maurice White was the founder, lead singer, main songwriter, arranger, record producer and bandleader of Earth, Wind & Fire. The band had 16 Top-40 singles and sold an estimated 90 million albums. White was nominated for 20 Grammys and won...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 7, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Glenn Frey was the lead singer, songwriter, and guitar, piano, and keyboard player in The Eagles, the great rock band that he had co-founded in 1971. In the 1980s the band broke up and he went on to sing on his own. In 1994, The Eagles got back together and were...