Baseball Legend
A surgeon was watching a Dodgers game on TV. During the broadcast, he saw Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti on-screen and he caught a glimpse of something startling—he recognized a serious risk of cancer-based on irregularities in his fingernails.
He attempted to warn Giamatti by contacting his office. As you can imagine, Giamatti was not an easy guy for just any member of the public to reach.
Unfortunately, the day after the warning finally reached Giamatti, he passed at home. The story was even reported in some major local newspapers. Story Credit: Reddit/AMcNair