| 词条 | Mike Greenstein |
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|name=Mike Greenstein |birth_name=Morris Greenstein |birth_date={{birth date|1920|12|6}} |birth_place=Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2016|02|16|1920|12|6}} |death_place=Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |known_for=Strength athlete |occupation=Former flight instructor, mechanic, businessman |relations=Joe Greenstein (father) }} Morris "Mike" Greenstein, also known as the Mighty Atom, Jr., (December 6, 1920 – February 16, 2016) was an American strength athlete. Early lifeMike Greenstein was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on December 6, 1920[1] at a time when his father, legendary strongman Joe Greenstein ("The Mighty Atom"), was working in the oil fields in Texas. The family later moved to Brownsville, Brooklyn where the senior Greenstein began his shows as a miniature Samson in vaudeville and Yiddish theaters. The senior Greenstein soon earned the nickname the Mighty Atom. Around that time, the junior began training with his father and his three brothers at a young age. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps as mechanic MOS. During that time, his father was touring the country entertaining troops and did shows to raise money for war bonds. Inspired by his father, the younger Greenstein decided to start an act of his own to entertain the troops at the various bases he was stationed in by bending bars, breaking chains, and pulling passenger-filled cars with his hair or his teeth. He also performed shows at theaters in the towns near the bases where he was stationed at during his off duty liberty.[2] He later attended aviation school in Manhattan, and subsequently worked at Trans World Airlines for 19 years. He also worked at local Waldbaum’s and photographed weddings.[3] CareerLiving his later years in Rockaway, Queens, New York, Greestein was a strength athlete by profession, known as the Mighty Atom, Jr. He was capable of pulling a car with his bare teeth, nearly to his dying day. Greenstein was an active advocate of cancer prevention; his father had died of cancer, and his wife and daughter both predeceased him due to breast cancer.[4] He was a contestant on season 9 of America's Got Talent at 93 years old and passed through the auditions round, but he was eliminated in the Judgement Round.[5] Greenstein died on February 16, 2016 while visiting family in Florida.[6] In popular cultureA fact regarding Greenstein appeared on an April 1, 2013 Ripley's Believe It or Not comic strip.[7] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyharbor.va.gov/features/TheEntertainer.asp|title=The Entertainer - VA NY Harbor Healthcare System|last=System|first=VA NY Harbor Healthcare|website=www.nyharbor.va.gov|access-date=2016-06-05}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenstein, Mike}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168907/Strongman-Mike-Greenstein-91-pull-car-teeth.html|title=Meet the WWII veteran, age 91, who can pull a car with his TEETH... and his father was the great strongman 'the Mighty Atom'|website=Mail Online|access-date=2016-06-05}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/for-mike-greenstein-91-a-truck-is-no-match-for-his-teeth.html|title=For Mike Greenstein, 91, a Truck Is No Match for His Teeth|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=2012-06-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-06-05}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/nyregion/for-mike-greenstein-91-a-truck-is-no-match-for-his-teeth.html|title=For Mike Greenstein, 91, a Truck Is No Match for His Teeth|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=2012-06-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-06-05}} 5. ^{{Cite episode|title=America's Got Talent: Season 9|episodelink=|url=|accessdate=July 22, 2014|series=America's Got Talent|serieslink=|first=|last=|network=NBC|station=|city=|season=|seriesno=|number=|minutes=|time=|transcript=|transcripturl=|quote=|language=}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockawave.com/news/2016-02-18/Community/Farewell_Mighty_Mike.html|title=Farewell Mighty Mike {{!}} February 19, 2016 {{!}} www.rockawave.com {{!}} Wave of Long Island|website=www.rockawave.com|access-date=2016-06-05|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302161945/http://www.rockawave.com/news/2016-02-18/Community/Farewell_Mighty_Mike.html|archivedate=March 2, 2016|df=}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveitornot/2013/04/01|title=Ripley's Believe It or Not by John Graziano, April 01, 2013 Via @GoComics|last=Graziano|first=John|website=GoComics|access-date=2016-06-05}} 7 : American strength athletes|United States Air Force personnel|America's Got Talent contestants|1920 births|2016 deaths|American military personnel of World War II|Jewish American sportspeople |
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