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Tennis champion Arthur Ashe February 6, 1993, aged 49, from complications of AIDS.

Banjo Paterson took his last waltz on this day in 1941, aged 76.

So any Avram Grant jokes then?

The world's gone mad.

Happy 95th Norman!

Today is the 116th anniversary of the death Adolphe Sax, a famous Belgian! (unless of course it was yesterday, or Sunday, or even July 2nd)

I'll be watching the Ice-Hockey (or, for our trans-atlantic readers, the Hockey), just in case lightning strikes twice.

Ah, but if said chain-smoking hooker-granny had been Wayne Bridge's ex...

Another British film producer, David Brown, has died, aged 93.

British producer, agent Leslie Linder dies. (Jan 16) Perhaps his best known film was '10 Rillington Place', but he also produced 'Blind Terror', starring Mia Farrow, which I remember scared the sh!t out of me when I was a kid.

Mondrian What a man Framed a chart Called it art.

I see John Terry scored the winner for Chelsea at Burnley. Thank God he likes playing away.

Ben KingsleyMohandas K Gandhi Assassinated, 30 Janaury 1948, New Delhi, India.

Ah yes. According to his Wikipedia entry, he started in small roles, and featured in a few short subjects.

Went for Dom Mintoff for no other reason than it'll probably be Dennis Hopper.

Moosey wanted to vote for Zelda Rubenstein though... see here!

Very good, nice little game - worse one was Delaware (finger trouble put it closer to cape cod) 90% 22miles 503secs. 84% (but I did drop Tennessee when I hit the edge of my desk by mistake), 55 miles, 508 secs.. Not bad for a Brit? Edit: I actually did better with the states than I did with European countries (35/46, 82 miles)

While the concensus amongst various members seems to be she might self-destruct, her brother is more concerned about deranged fans, a la John Lennon.

28th January 1986, the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger Back row (L-R): Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik. Front row (L-R): Michael J. Smith, Francis "Dick" Scobee, Ronald McNair. were all killed, when the shuttle exploded shortly after take-off.

January 27 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee were all killed when the command module caught fire during a training exercise.

were? Here... (Scroll down about 2/3rds of the page)

Or not... 'Lucky' Luciano ran out of luck on 26th January 1962 (the very day on which my sister was born)

Mrs Hopper puts the (metaphorical) boot in (Incidentally, comment 10 on that link states that Vincent D'Onofrio has died of a heart attack on the set of his latest film - if its true, you heard it here first)

Bonanza and Trapper John MD star Pernell Roberts has died aged 81.

Chi-lites singer Robert Lester has died, aged 67.