by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 5, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Ed Asner was an American actor and television star whose most famous character was Lou Grant, who first appeared on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in 1970. He was so well-liked that when the series ended in 1977, he was given his own show based on the same...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 15, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Cass Elliot was “Mama Cass,” the nearly 300 pound contralto lead singer of The Mamas and The Papas, a dominant folk rock vocal group in the late 1960s. They sold more than 40 million records, with six of their albums making it to the Billboard top ten. A hippie group...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 21, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
James Levine was among America’s most acclaimed and successful orchestra conductors. He was the music director of the Metropolitan Opera, conducting 2,552 performances from 1976 to 2016, when he was felled by the ravages of Parkinson’s disease. He also directed the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 16, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
Larry Flynt was a publisher, businessman and promoter who was one of the most notorious producers of pornography, and rose to fame and great wealth from his raunchy Hustler magazine. He built a $100 million business empire based on magazines, private clubs, casinos,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 1, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Sean Connery was a Scottish movie star who was the original James Bond in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He was voted by People magazine to be the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He was...
