American Pain Society. Summary: The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Researchers examined whether marijuana produces analgesia for patients with neuropathic pain.
Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 66, spent most of his professional life trying to live down his role of the bad-ass Youngblood Priest in Superfly (1972), one of the key blaxploitation movies of the decade.
McEnroe and O'Neal were married three months after the birth of their son, Kevin, in May 1986. He believes that, in the early years of their relationship, his wife felt bitter about his fame while she struggled to land movie roles. The marriage was further strained when O'Neal discovered that she was expecting a second child.