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).
Todayâs News. Mary Tyler Moore Actor Richard Schaal Dies at 86. Richard Schaal, who appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-offs Rhoda and Phyllis, has died at the age of 86, The Los Angeles Times reports. According to his daughter Wendy, the actor passed away at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement home in Woodland Hills on Tuesday.