Reflection on Dick Gregory
Tiger Milk protein bar, A product launched in the 1960s and is still on the market today.
Dick Gregory (1932-2017) had an impact on my father Fred Opie Jr. and indirectly on me. Starting in the the 1970s my dad listened to him on progressive radio stations out of New York City talking about eating to live instead of living to eat as he sat in his tower as a correctional officer at Sing Sing prison. Gregory inspired my dad to make me lunches with fruits and vegetables in them as well as sandwiches on whole grain bread, and carob covered Tiger Milk protein bars. At the time I hated Gregory’s impact on my teenage years. Now that I am officially an elder, I thankful and in good health and physically fit.