Unlike chickenpox, shingles is not contagious, but it does cause painful symptoms such as headache, sensitivity to light, rashes, blistering, and trouble thinking clearly. There is no cure for shingles, but there are treatments that can reduce the pain and symptoms associated with it, including medical marijuana.
On November 21, 1963, Robert Stroud died at the Springfield Medical Center at the age of 73, having been incarcerated for the last 54 years of his life, of which 42 were spent in solitary confinement. He had been studying French near the end of his life. Stroud is buried in Metropolis, Illinois (Massac County).
Ernest Vandiver Jr. Obituary Condolences. Vandiver, former Georgia governor, dies at 86; had helped foster peaceful integration. ATLANTA (AP) - Former Gov. S. Ernest Vandiver, who won office vowing that no, not one black child would integrate a Georgia classroom, but went on to preside over peaceful desegregation, has died at age 86. He died Monday evening, the family said Tuesday through Gov. Sonny Perdue's office.