RIP C. Everett Koop

[Smallpotatoes]

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


He was 96.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Beard HOF.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Still not dead.

 

[Songbird]

It was Abe's birthday yesterday. 92.

 

[poindexter]

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

 

[wicked]

 

[Armchair_QB]

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

He was great in Witness too.

 

[dooley_womack1]

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

Vigoda?

 

[JosephC.Myers]

Life Alert endorser

 

[Brian]

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.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Man where am I going to go for all the latest medical poop now?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

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.

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

 

[Football_Bat]

I know Dr. Koop was the subject of a lot of Johnny Carson humor back in the day.

 

[deskslave]

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.

I believe he was an integral part of a B Sharps song. I also would have sworn that he was already dead, and not just in that "Huh, that guy was still alive?" sense. I would have sworn I read about him dying.

 

[Tom Petty]

wasn't he in the client?

 

[Bob Cook]

A big reason Koop was so well-known, other than his beard, is that he was vocal about the need to combat AIDS when his bosses, and most of the country, didn't want to hear about it.

 

[Lugnuts]

Yes! This was a great man. Also, on smoking. He said cut that **** out, no really. He stood up to Presidents. We desperately need more like him.

His death bums me out. But he lived to 96, as if to say, see assholes? I did know a thing or two

 

[Liut]

What Bob and Lugnuts said.

 

[JosephC.Myers]

I'll +1 Bob and Lugnuts. Forgot he was big on the anti-AIDS thing, but he was, along with smoking. Wish we had more people who'd stand up and speak their minds like he did.