C. Everett Koop is dead
In 1999, I sent the summer in Rio de Janeiro, training jiujitsu. I paid a taxi driver to show me around, and we talked while we drove. He said that in Brazil, sports was something for professionals until around 1989 when C. Everett Koop had made a series of big addresses on public health in Brazil. His view was that that kicked off the Brazilian obsession with public fitness, like not smoking and exercising, and it gave me new appreciation for the man and his impact.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/25/health/c- ... ?hpt=hp_t2
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RIP
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Amazing that he lived to be 96 years of age.
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That's fucking crazy...he was 90 years old when he did that interview with Ali G. Which was hilarious by the way. He certainly didn't look or act like he was 90.
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I have no Koop stories to share.
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Celebrate your own life and honor Koop that way. Every day just be more and more amazing.
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Werd.Gorbachev wrote:Celebrate your own life and honor Koop that way. Every day just be more and more amazing.
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Still totally in shock about this IIH.
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