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George III lost the Revolutionary War, his mind, and then his life. The last of which was on this day 198 years ago, aged 81.

Since 1982, there had been several rumors that Abe Vigoda had died. (In fact, even a website was created for this purpose.) Rumor became fact on this day 2 years ago.

History repeated itself on this day 1977 years ago, when Gaius Caesar (Caligula) was assassinated by being stabbed about 30 times. He was 28.

Herman Wouk.

We bid Johnny Carson a last goodnight on this day 13 years ago, aged 79.

LBJ went all the way to heaven on this day 45 years ago, aged 64.

George Orwell wasn't even close to making it to nineteen eighty-four, dying on this day in 1950 (aged 46).

The Three Stooges became The Two Stooges when Curly Howard died on this day 66 years ago, aged 48.

Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh died on this day 21 years ago. He was later cremated, and some of his ashes were placed in the space probe New Horizons. 9 and a half years after launch, the spacecraft flew past Tombaugh's most famous and important discovery - Pluto.

Shortest wait: 1998 (Helen Wills, died 1/1/1998) Longest wait: 1991 (NO DEATHS)

...And that began 2016's celebrity onslaught.

Calvin Coolidge was permanently silenced on this day 85 years ago, aged 60.

Conrad Hilton decided to book a room in the afterlife on this day 39 years ago, aged 91. Apart from being the founder of Hilton Hotels, he was also known for being Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband.

Jay and the Americans became The Americans on this day 4 years ago.

2018 Names Stats: Age (Youngest to Oldest): 51 - Paul Gascoigne 54 - Leah Bracknell 59 - Linda Nolan 61 - Mark Smith 70 - Olivia Newton-John 71 - Tessa Jowell, Ronnie Wood 75 - Joni Mitchell 76 - Stephen Hawking 78 - Jimmy Greaves 79 - Clive James, Valerie Harper 80 - Ian St. John 81 - Jill Gascoine 82 - John McCain 85 - Louis Farrakhan 86 - Prunella Scales 88 - Sean Connery 89 - Stirling Moss 90 - Hosni Mubarak 91 - Neil Simon, Benedict XVI, June Brown 92 - Mel Brooks, Stanley Baxter, VGE 93 - Dick Van Dyke, Honor Blackman, Barbara Bush 94 - Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe 95 - Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger 96 - Stan Lee, Pierre Cardin, Doris Day, Denis Norden, Betty White 97 - Prince Philip 98 - JP de Cuellar 99 - Lord Carrington 100 - Billy Graham 101 - Vera Lynn 102 - Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland 103 - Herman Wouk Most Common Ages: 94 and 96 (5 names each) Number of Appearances (Fewest to Most): 1 (first-timers) - John McCain, Linda Nolan, Stirling Moss, Tessa Jowell, Barbara Bush, Stanley Baxter, VGE, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, June Brown, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Mark Smith 2 - Leah Bracknell, Betty White, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jill Gascoine, Honor Blackman, Benedict XVI, Sean Connery, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne 3 - Doris Day, Jimmy Carter, Charles Aznavour, Dick Van Dyke, Louis Farrakhan 4 - Lord Carrington, Pierre Cardin, Leslie Phillips, Valerie Harper, Stephen Hawking 5 - JP de Cuellar, Stan Lee, Robert Mugabe, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James 6 - Prince Philip, Bob Dole, George H. W. Bush, Henry Kissinger, Denis Norden 7 - Herman Wouk 10 - Vera Lynn 11 - Olivia de Havilland 12 - Billy Graham 16 (tied with Clive Dunn for most appearances) - Kirk Douglas Most Common Number of Appearances: 1 time (14 names)

Helen Wills. (1/1/1998) Found out by looking at the older lists.

My guesses: 1. Leah Bracknell (January 26th) 2. Herman Wouk (February 8th) 3. Clive James (March 9th) 4. Stirling Moss (March 24th) 5. Neil Simon (May 6th) 6. Tessa Jowell (June 28th) 7. George H. W. Bush (July 4th) 8. Denis Norden (July 29th) 9. Barbara Bush (August 6th) 10. Kirk Douglas (August 24th) 11. Valerie Harper (October 5th) 12. Sean Connery (October 16th) 13. Jimmy Greaves (November 9th) 14. John McCain (November 20th) 15. Leslie Phillips (December 8th) 16. Olivia Newton-John (December 28th) First hit on the list in 2019: Either Mark E. Smith or Doris Day Overall, not a record-breaking year in my mind. Still close, however.

Helen Wills - love Death - Game set Interestingly enough, Wills was the earliest hit in a calendar year for DL, dying on New Year's Day 1998.

Do me a favor and leave this website forever and ever. You're on the wrong site, pal.

Happy 2018 from the US East Coast!

Anyone else notice how they just almost entirely copy-pasted their previous mention of us?

Good ol' Leah. Although she isn't that old (53).

With 2017 wrapping up, I've decided to arrange the lists by number of hits. 17 - 2017 14 - 2003, 2008, 2015 13 - 2006, 2013 12 - 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2016 10 - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2014 9 - 1994, 1995, 1997, 2010 8 - 1998 7 - 1996, 2011 5 - 1992, 1993 3 - 1989, 1990 1 - 1987 0 - 1988 (if that counts), 1991

Luise Rainer wanted to miss out on being on the 2015 list, so she decided to become 2014's 10th hit by dying at 104.