themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 24, 2009 Pete Ham of star-cross'd Swansea powerpoppers Badfinger became one of the more obscure members of the 27 Club when he hung around in his garage on April 24th 1975. He couldn't live if living is without you. The story of Badfinger is one of the saddest in all of Rock 'n Roll... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunjaman5000 32 Posted April 25, 2009 Pete Ham of star-cross'd Swansea powerpoppers Badfinger became one of the more obscure members of the 27 Club when he hung around in his garage on April 24th 1975. He couldn't live if living is without you. The story of Badfinger is one of the saddest in all of Rock 'n Roll... Whereas the story of of Badmotorfinger is one of the . And not a single one of them dead yet. Which is nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 25, 2009 George Sanders commited suicide out of boredom today in 1972... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted April 26, 2009 Jill Dando changed her role in Crimewatch 10 years ago today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted April 26, 2009 Jill Dando changed her role in Crimewatch 10 years ago today The well-known American actor John Wilkes Booth had an alibi, having died on this day in 1865 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted April 26, 2009 Jill Dando changed her role in Crimewatch 10 years ago today Even though it was crap, that doorstep challenge joke still makes me chuckle after all these years. I know. I'm a bitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 26, 2009 Jill Dando changed her role in Crimewatch 10 years ago today Even though it was crap, that doorstep challenge joke still makes me chuckle after all these years. I know. I'm a bitch. That avatar of yours looks like a pair of cojones LB... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted April 26, 2009 Jill Dando changed her role in Crimewatch 10 years ago today Even though it was crap, that doorstep challenge joke still makes me chuckle after all these years. I know. I'm a bitch. That avatar of yours looks like a pair of cojones LB... Don't talk bollocks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 29, 2009 The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, died today in 1980... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 30, 2009 One of the most notorious people in human history commited suicide today in 1945... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted April 30, 2009 The end of April was not good for famous people with the initials "A. H." it seems... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 30, 2009 The end of April was not good for famous people with the initials "A. H." it seems... If that's the case, here's wishing my ex has the same fate then.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted April 30, 2009 One of the most notorious people in human history commited suicide today in 1945... Charlie Chaplin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted April 30, 2009 One of the most notorious people in human history commited suicide today in 1945... Charlie Chaplin? Ron Mael? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted April 30, 2009 The end of April was not good for famous people with the initials "A. H." it seems... If that's the case, here's wishing my ex has the same fate then.... Amanda Holden? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 30, 2009 The end of April was not good for famous people with the initials "A. H." it seems... If that's the case, here's wishing my ex has the same fate then.... Amanda Holden? If only.... Mind you, she's a bit Botoxed to the eyeballs now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pandiculation Posted May 1, 2009 1st May, these people died. 408 – Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) (Original console designer) 1118 – Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080) 1240 – Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1308 – Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255) 1539 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501) 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504) 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669) (Any relation MPFC?) 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719) 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) (Combat eh, a unique death for a cheese eating surrender monkey) 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813) (I presume) 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) (Funnel maker) 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841) 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889) 1937 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868) (Prequel to Edward Scissorhands) 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871) 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897) 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879) 1965 – Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911) 1968 – Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886) 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895) 1970 – Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897) 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939) 1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908) 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903) 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903) 1985 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897) 1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905) 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916) 1989 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912) 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921) 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926) 1992 – Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945) 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925) 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924) 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960) 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935) 2000 – Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926) 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960) 2006 – Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969) 2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940) 2006 – Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962) 2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909) 2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956) 2008 – Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 (b. 1917) Please stay tuned for tomorrow's installment of dead people cannily entitled 2nd May. If you happened to have missed an episode you can either watch it now on www.wikipedia.com or wait until next year when the series will be repeated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted May 1, 2009 If you happened to have missed an episode you can either watch it now on www.wikipedia.com or wait until next year when the series will be repeated. I actually laughed at this - nice one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 1, 2009 1st May, these people died. 408 – Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) (Original console designer) 1118 – Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080) 1240 – Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1308 – Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255) 1539 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501) 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504) 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669) (Any relation MPFC?) 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719) 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) (Combat eh, a unique death for a cheese eating surrender monkey) 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813) (I presume) 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) (Funnel maker) 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841) 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889) 1937 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868) (Prequel to Edward Scissorhands) 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871) 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897) 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879) 1965 – Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911) 1968 – Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886) 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895) 1970 – Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897) 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939) 1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908) 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903) 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903) 1985 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897) 1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905) 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916) 1989 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912) 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921) 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926) 1992 – Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945) 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925) 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924) 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960) 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935) 2000 – Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926) 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960) 2006 – Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969) 2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940) 2006 – Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962) 2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909) 2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956) 2008 – Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 (b. 1917) Please stay tuned for tomorrow's installment of dead people cannily entitled 2nd May. If you happened to have missed an episode you can either watch it now on www.wikipedia.com or wait until next year when the series will be repeated. Yeah, very funny. Why don't you take the piss out of all the threads on this forum while you're here.. Anyway, Brazillian Formula 1 Champion Ayton Senna died on this day in 1994 at Imola... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 5, 2009 Bobby Sands, Irish Republican and MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, died on this day in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted May 6, 2009 Bobby Sands, Irish Republican and MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, died on this day in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike... And fat lot of good it did him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 7, 2009 Another chap from Northern Ireland, Colin Blakely (Son of Man, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), died today in 1987... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 8, 2009 Paul Gauguin. the man who apparently cut off Van Gogh's ear, died today in 1903... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted May 8, 2009 It's the 10th anniversary of........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted May 8, 2009 It's also the 64th anniversary of VE Day, not sure if that really counts in this thread but if mpfc can slip in St. Jimmy's day then I think this can be mentioned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
