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RIP C. Everett Koop

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Smallpotatoes, Feb 25, 2013.

  1. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/25/health/c-everett-koop-dead/?hpt=he_c1


    He was 96.
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

  3. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

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    Still not dead.
     
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  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    It was Abe's birthday yesterday. 92.
     
  5. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    While he's most well-known for being Surgeon General, I remember him best for his pediatric work.
     
  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

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  7. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    He was great in Witness too.
     
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Vigoda?
     
  9. JosephC.Myers

    JosephC.Myers Active Member

    Life Alert endorser
     
  10. Brian

    Brian Well-Known Member

    Was it just me or was there a five-year period in the 1990s where Koop seemed to be mentioned a lot? Simpsons episode, Seinfeld episode, Life Alert commercials? He was a pop culture icon for a few short years.
     
  11. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Man where am I going to go for all the latest medical poop now?
     
  12. Rusty Shackleford

    Rusty Shackleford Active Member

    King of the Hill too. No idea how I know that...
     
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