The femur (/ËfiËmÉr/) (pl. femurs or femora (/ËfÉmÉrÉ/)), or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the center of the body) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs.
In the mid-1980s, he again obtained success on television as Colonel John Hannibal Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of The A-Team (1983). George Peppard died at age 65 of pneumonia on May 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, California.
Beau Biden, son of vice president, dies of brain cancer. Gregory Korte, USA TODAY 8:42 a.m. EDT May 31, 2015. Beau Biden devoted his life to public service, like his father, Vice President Joe Biden. The Iraq war veteran and former Delaware attorney general died of brain cancer.