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Marilu Henner, the Former Taxi Star, Doesnt Need a Grocery List
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times
Posted: November 13th, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/style/marilu-henner-broad...
Marilu Henner had her last bite of cheese 39 years and one day ago. I celebrated my health birthday yesterday, said Ms. Henner ... as - inevitably - the details began flooding back. August 15, 1979, I gave up dairy products. It was a Wednesday. The weather that day was beautiful. And I went to see a doctor who told me, You have to give up dairy products. Youre not going to be healthy unless you give up dairy. Ms. Henner is famous for playing the cabby Elaine Nardo in the 1970s sitcom Taxi. She has also written 10 books (mostly about health and well-being); starred in another TV series, Evening Shade; and appeared in several movies and Broadway shows. But thanks to a 60 Minutes segment in 2010, Ms. Henner has become famous for what neuroscientists call highly superior autobiographical memory the ability to recall past life experiences, including day of the week and date, with remarkably vivid detail. You dont know for how many years people have been talking about my memory, Ms. Henner said. And then theyll ask me about something from two weeks ago and I tell them, You can go a little further back than that. Back, say, to when she learned about being cast in Taxi. It was June 4, 1978, a Sunday.
Note: Explore more on this unusual woman in this ABC News article. Watch an excellent 14-minute segment from Australia's 60 Minutes on numerous individuals with the gift of perfect memory. How is this possible?
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