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Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies at age 96
CNN ^
| February 25, 2013
Posted on 02/25/2013 3:11:01 PM PST by Zakeet
Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died peacefully at his home on Monday, Dartmouth College said. He was 96.
Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
He was outspoken on public health issues and did much to elevate the office of the surgeon general.
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He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dartmouth College, Weill Cornell Medical College and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Koop was the author of more than 200 articles and books. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995 and was known for wearing bow ties, suspenders and a clipped beard.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drkoop; healthcare; koop; obituary; surgeongeneral
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RIP
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:11:07 PM PST
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
Cigars finally caught up with him, I guess.
/johnny
To: Zakeet
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:13:27 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: Zakeet
What happened to his website, drkoop.com?
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:14:13 PM PST
by
Poundstone
(A recent Federal retiree and proud of it!)
To: Zakeet
This just in: health advocates die. Experts unsure of cause.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:14:13 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, Forever in Rebellion.)
To: Zakeet
Having been a Surgeon General was of no help in the end!
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:16:12 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Zakeet
True story — Chick Coop operated on me in 1977 when I was six-years-old and saved my life. I am a little sad. He was a good man.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:17:29 PM PST
by
Tulane
To: Zakeet
He done flew the Koop this time for good. A good and decent man—
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:18:08 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or Tyranny)
To: JRandomFreeper
He struggled with his dihydrogen monoxide addiction for years but it appears that he lost the battle in the end.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:19:37 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: tflabo
I always got that impression from him too.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:20:11 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Zakeet
To: cripplecreek
I took an instant like to him when he admitted he smoked cigars, and didn't intend to quit. He seemed like a man that was connected to reality.
/johnny
To: Zakeet
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:27:24 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?)
To: Zakeet
Guess he didn’t push the botton on his life alert fast enough
A good man. RIP, General.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:31:02 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Zakeet
"Koop is survived by his wife, three children and eight grandchildren. His first wife died in 2007."Wait. Did he really remarry at age 90 plus?
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:31:31 PM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: Sooth2222
Yeah, he liked cigars, but he couldn’t keep one in his mouth all the time.
RIP.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:35:39 PM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
To: Zakeet
If he was OK with Ronaldus Maximus he was certainly good enough for me.
R.I.P.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:36:09 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: Zakeet
Sang a song for him once. Standing on the sidewalk, outside the hotel he was staying at in Philadelphia (now the Doubletree, had a different name back in 1981). With a bunch of fairly inebriated medical students.
He didn’t come to his window.
RIP Dr. Koop.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:36:51 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: arderkrag
Since he stopped smoking I was sure he was going to live forever. Guess eventually we all die of nothing.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:43:29 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Half of every class gratuates at the bottom, they are now politicians.)
To: Zakeet
He was 96, obviously a crocodile hunting accident to take someone so young.
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posted on
02/25/2013 3:43:34 PM PST
by
mnehring
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