by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 25, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Roy Orbison was one of America’s top singers and songwriters from 1957 to 1988. He sang his emotional ballads while standing still and wearing black clothes and dark-framed tinted glasses. Between 1960 and 1964, 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top 40. Elvis...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 18, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Paul Prudhomme died Thursday, October 8, 2015, at age 75. He was an internationally famous chef and restaurateur who, in the early 1980’s, used blackening and spicing of fish and chicken in the Cajun and Creole traditions to build a food empire. He started a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 21, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
In the past month, two former National Basketball Association giant centers died of heart attacks: Daryl Dawkins on August 27 at age 58 and Moses Malone on September 13 at age 60 . Both were 6′ 10″ tall, weighed more than 250 pounds, and went directly from...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 7, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Oliver Sacks died this week at age 82 of a melanoma in his eye that was diagnosed 11 years ago and recently had spread to his liver. He was a neurologist who wrote more than a dozen popular books that sold millions of copies, making him probably the most-read...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 16, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Emile Zola was a famous French writer of the late 19th century and perhaps one of the most honorable and courageous men of all time. He repeatedly risked his life to defend Alfred Dreyfus, an innocent man who was falsely accused by corrupt French military and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 9, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Former Chicago Bears tight end Mike Pyle died this month of a brain hemorrhage at age 76. He had been one of the smartest players in the National Football League. In 1960, he was captain of the undefeated Yale football team that destroyed Harvard 39–6, and received...
