Two things:
1) While watching an A&E Biography show on Robert E. Lee, I learned that I'm also related to George and Martha Washington through Mary Custis Lee (Robert's wife - I'm related to him by both my maternal grandfather's and my maternal grandmother's family lines [and no, that doesn't mean anything incestuous happened]). Also? He was called "Bobby" when he was a kid.
2) Dr. Michael DeBakey, world famous heart surgeon who developed the heart bypass procedure - among other things - died tonight at Methodist Hospital here in Houston, where the Cardiac Center is named for him. I did a book report about him when I was in 5th grade. He was a great medical pioneer, and it's a shame that we have to lose amazing people like him. Though, he did die at 99, partially due to a lifesaving aorta repair - another procedure he invented. See the article at CNN.com for more. His life's work was really amazing.
2) Dr. Michael DeBakey, world famous heart surgeon who developed the heart bypass procedure - among other things - died tonight at Methodist Hospital here in Houston, where the Cardiac Center is named for him. I did a book report about him when I was in 5th grade. He was a great medical pioneer, and it's a shame that we have to lose amazing people like him. Though, he did die at 99, partially due to a lifesaving aorta repair - another procedure he invented. See the article at CNN.com for more. His life's work was really amazing.