Quote of the day
Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
C. Everett Koop
Born: October 14, 1916
Died: February 25, 2013 (aged 96)
Bio: Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator.
Known for:
- Whatever happened to the human race? (1979)
- Sometimes mountains move (1979)
- Heidi Redux (2004)
- The right to live, the right to die (1976)
- Visible & palpable lesions in children (1976)