Alzheimer’s disease claims about 23,000 American lives a year, making it the eighth leading cause of death among the elderly in this country. Early onset Alzheimer’s can develop in people as young as forty, but most victims of this affliction develop it after the age of sixty-five. This form of dementia is particularly insidious, as […]
Tag Archives: Sugar Ray Robinson
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May
May
Georgia is a place where there are many famous people. These are fifteen famous people who are from the beautiful state called Georgia. This is a new series about famous people who are born in or from particular states. The next series of famous people will be from Georgia. These are not all famous people […]
The twin psychobiographical threads of Jake LaMotta and Martin Scorsese that unite the film Raging Bull reach their ultimate synthesis in the sequence that takes place on February 14,1951–the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre–when the Bronx Bull loses his middleweight title to Sugar Ray Robinson in their fifth and final meeting. To say that Raging Bull […]
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Jul
Jul
I’ll never forget when my old boxing coach looked me straight in the eye and said, “You want to become a better boxer…learn how to juggle!” I couldn’t believe my ears. Maybe if he’d told me to do more push-ups, run farther or spar more rounds I’d have paid more attention. But learn how to […]
Ever wonder if your birthday date had a special meaning. What dictates the kind of personality that we have? Astrologers and numerologist have long believed that the numbers in the date of our birthdays reveal the kind of personality that we have. Also the period we are born in the astrological year is very important […]
In the worlds of history, writing, sports, science, music, and entertainment, many famous individuals’ birthdays are in May. Look for your own birthday and see which people share your own. Many names on this list are famous people who have passed on, and all ages are how old they will be / would be on […]