Talk:Mattie Stepanek

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I love Mattie even though i am only 12 years old i love his poems and who he was a peace maker a poet and a philospher he is my hero!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.4.163.19 (talk • contribs) 02:03, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Onion article[edit]

I deleted the part about the Onion article....it was about another child poet...not Mattie.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.198.85.46 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Onion article continues to be re-inserted. Until it can be verified that it is "a thinly-veiled criticism of Stepanek" the assertation should not be allowed in the Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kathimcgraw (talk • contribs) 12:44, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Music Through Heartsongs[edit]

In 2003, singer Billy Gilman released an album called Music Through Heartsongs: Songs Based on the Poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek. The album reached number 15 on the U.S. Top Country chart and 109 on the US Billboard 200.

I just thought that should be included in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.220.10.3 (talk) 23:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Father[edit]

Who is Mattie Stepanek's father? -12.30.109.2 (talk) 17:12, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Muscular Dystrophy[edit]

Removing "a rare form of M...D....". Mitochondrial Myopathy is not related to MD. MDA raises money for both conditions, but one, MD, is a muscle wasting disease, the other is related to Mitochondrial function. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodhisagan (talk • contribs) 18:53, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, looking at this MDA page, they raise money for a range of neuromuscular diseases. Note that the the senate resolution, which I've just linked to, says: "...a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy—Dysautonomic Mitochondrial Myopathy.". Looks like an unfortunate confusion, but while the cause may be very different, the effect (myopathy = disease of the muscles) are similar. Snori (talk) 09:00, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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