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Koop

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:53 am
by Fat Cat
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

Re: Koop

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:00 am
by Crust Bucket
RIP

Re: Koop

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:38 pm
by Bob Wildes
Amazing that he lived to be 96 years of age.

Re: Koop

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:50 pm
by Shapecharge
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.

Re: Koop

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:01 pm
by JonnyCat
The man knew how to rock the Amish beard. He was a hipster before there were hips.

RIP.

Re: Koop

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:54 am
by Protobuilder
I have no Koop stories to share.

Re: Koop

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:45 am
by Thatcher II
Celebrate your own life and honor Koop that way. Every day just be more and more amazing.

Re: Koop

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:51 am
by DARTH
RIP!

Re: Koop

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:04 pm
by Fat Cat
Gorbachev wrote:Celebrate your own life and honor Koop that way. Every day just be more and more amazing.
Werd.

Re: Koop

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:43 pm
by Thatcher II
Still totally in shock about this IIH.