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22 years ago eccentric and psychotic German actor Klaus Kinski died of a heart attack at the age of 65.

The most important and most powerful "comedian of political cabaret and satire" (I don't know if this is the right expression) Dieter Hildebrandt has died today aged 86 of prostate cancer. Only German link, maybe later the English one: http://www.spiegel.d...t-a-934627.html Here you are: http://www.dw.de/ger...dies/a-17241591

I will go with some Germans: Helmut Schmidt (95 this December) Helmut Kohl (83 next April) Walter Scheel (95 next July) Richard von Weizsäcker (94 next April) Luise Rainer (103 next January) Margot Hielscher (95 next September)

Oh, Doris Lessing: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/17/doris-lessing-dies-94

Nine years dead: Ol’ Dirty Bastard, one of the founding members of The Wu-Tang Clan, died of a drug overdose aged 35.

One half of The Righteous Brothers died 10 years ago on November 5, 2003: Bobby Hatfield. An overdose of cocaine had precipitated a fatal heart attack. He was 63 years old. Bobby is the right one.

“The King of Skiffle”, British singer Lonnie Donegan, died on the 3rd of November 2002 because of a heart attack aged 71. Beside his 20 Top 30 hits his No.1 singles were: Cumberland Gap (April 1957, 4 weeks), Gamblin’ Man (June 1957, 2 weeks) and My old man’s a dustman (March 1960, 4 weeks).

Oh Dear... Lucky me watching them live 3 weeks ago!!! It was fantastic! Get well soon, John!!!

Mandela.

English singer Alma Cogan died of ovarian cancer on October 26, 1966 aged 34. She has had a British No.1 with “Dream Boat” in July 1955 and several other top 10 hits.

Daniel Day-Lewis is the first actor with 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor (My left foot; There will be blood; Lincoln). Other 3 time Oscar winners (actors) are Jack Nicholson (2 Best Actor, 1 Supporting Actor) and Walter Brennan (3 Supporting Actor-Awards).

Richard Harris, singer of “MacArthur Park”, one of my all-time-favorite songs, died 11 years ago aged 72. In 1968 this great song reached No. 4 in the UK, No.2 in the US and No.1 in Australia! Oh, by the way, he was also an actor, producer, writer and director.

Gene Roddenberry, creator of the original Star Trek series, died on October 24, 1991 of a cardiopulmonary arrest aged 70.

W-O-W at that picture!!! Veeeery nice!!!

American country musician “Mother” Maybelle Carter, member of the historic Carter family and mother of June Carter (the wife of Johnny Cash), died on October 23, 1978 at the age of 69.

Euro-Dance star Franky Gee, lead singer from the project “Captain Jack”, died on October 22, 2005 in Palma (Spain). He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, went into a coma and died 5 days later. Captain Jacks most successful hits were “Captain Jack” and “Drill Instructor”, which topped the Dutch charts in 1995/96 and entered several European singles charts, e.g. in Germany No. 3 and 4 respectively.

Yeah, I was thinking about that, too. Would've been a nice member...

Richard Shannon Hoon, lead singer of alternative-rock band Blind Melon, died on October 21, 1995 of a cocaine overdose at age 28. Blind Melon’s best known hit is “No Rain” from their self-titled debut album. “No Rain” hit US #20, UK #17 and Canada #1 in 1992.

Both, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and songwriter Steve Gaines and lead singer Ronnie van Zant, and 4 other passengers/pilots were killed in a tragic plane crash on October 20, 1977, when the plane carried the band between two shows. They were 28 and 29 respectively.

After the Lufthansa aircraft Boing 737 “Landshut” was stormed by the German counter-terrorism group GSG 9 on October 18, 1977 (all terrorists were killed or captured and all hostages were rescued), the 3 German RAF terrorists Jan-Carl Raspe, Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader committed suicide in their prison cells.

The man who has had the very first official British No.1 (published by the New Musical Express on November 14, 1952) with “Here in my heart”, Al Martino, died on October 13, 2009, six days after his 82nd birthday. I couldn’t put more information in one sentence.

The country and folk musician John Denver died in a single plane crash on October 12, 1997 at the age of 53. His signature songs are “Take me home country roads” (1971 US No. 2), “Sunshine on my shoulders” (1973 US No.1), “Annie’s Song” (1974 US and UK No.1), “Thank God I’m a country boy” (1975 US No.1), “I’m sorry/Calypso” (1975 US No.1) and as a song writer “Leaving on a jet plane”, a US No.1 for Peter, Paul & Mary in 1969.

35 years ago, Punk groupie Nancy Spungen was stabbed (most likely) by her boyfriend, the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. She was 20 years old. Four months later Sid died of a heroin overdose (aged 21) and so the case was closed by the police.

Because it will be another girl I say: Zsa Zsa!

Actress Mary Astor, born as Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke in 1906, died on September 25, 1987. In 1941 she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Great Lie".