Medic episodes were introduced and narrated by Richard Boone (above), playing Dr. Konrad Styner who sometimes also appeared in the stories. A total of 59 were aired
from September 1954 to November 1956 on NBC.

Chad Everett has appeared in over 40 films and television series but is
probably best known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the medical drama
series Medical Center (below) which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.

1972

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid movement that helps
other alcoholics achieve sobriety. Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA
was founded in 1935 by William Wilson, a New York stock broker and Dr. Robert
Smith an Akron, Ohio surgeon (below). With other early members Wilson and Smith  
developed AA’s Twelve Step program of spiritual and character development.

William Wilson

Dr. Robert Smith

Dr. Jack Kevorkian poses with his “suicide machine”

(Fox)__Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who championed
physician-assisted suicides, died early Friday after being hospitalized
with kidney problems and pneumonia.

The 83-year-old Kevorkian, who said he helped some 130 people end
their lives from 1990 to 1999, died about 2:30 a.m. at William Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., close friend and attorney Mayer Morganroth
said.

An official cause of death had not been determined, but Morganroth said
it likely will be pulmonary thrombosis.

(AP)…After spending weeks in a coma thought to be brought on by a prescription drug overdose, “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway has died. He was 60 years old.

Conaway, who is perhaps best known for his role as Kenickie in the 1978 iconic film “Grease,” fell into a coma after the reported overdose and was taken to a hospital on May 11. He never woke up.

On Thursday, Radar Online reported that the family of the star, who had a long and public battle with drug addiction, was looking to take him off of life support. Doctors
had previously told the family that no brain activity was detected from the star.

Jeff Conaway in Grease