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The last show for Eugen Sandow on this day 95 years ago, aged 58.

Actress Jean Peters died on this day 20 years ago, aged 73.

The price wasn't right anymore for Johnny Olson on this day 35 years ago, aged 75.

Tex Williams died on this day 35 years ago, aged 68.

Ending act for Orson Welles on this day 35 years ago, aged 70.

Alec Douglas-Home went home on this day 25 years ago, aged 92.

English drummer B. J. Wilson died on this day 30 years ago, aged 43.

Too cool for Willis Carrier on this day 70 years ago, aged 73.

American arranger and composer Nelson Riddle died on this day 35 years ago, aged 64.

Alfred L. Kroeber died on this day 60 years ago, aged 84.

Janis Joplin moved over on this day 50 years ago, aged 27.

Guy Mollet, French Prime Minister from 1956 to 1957, died on this day 45 years ago, aged 69.

Actor Rock Hudson died on this day 35 years ago, aged 59.

Writer E. B. White died on this day 35 years ago, aged 86.

George Whitefield stopped his preaching on this day 250 years ago, aged 55.

Actor Tony Curtis died on this day 10 years ago, aged 85.

William Kennedy Dickson, who devised an early motion picture camera under the orders of Thomas Edison, died on this day 85 years ago, aged 75.

Silent actress Clara Bow became silent on this day 55 years ago, aged 60.

The exploration ended for Daniel Boone on this day 200 years ago, aged 85.

John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, died on this day 40 years ago, aged 32.

Hans Geiger, co-inventor of the Geiger counter, died on this day 75 years ago, aged 62.

No more blues for Booker T. Laury on this day 25 years ago, aged 81.

End of the show for Eddie Fisher on this day 10 years ago, aged 82.

End of kinematic relativity for Edward Arthur Milne on this day 70 years ago, aged 54.

Nazi officer Eduard Wirths killed himslef on this day 75 years ago, aged 36.