themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 11, 2009 Nikita Khrushchev died on this day in 1971, followed by Salvador Allende exactly two years later. Sept 11th isn't really a good day for capitalists or communists. Just as I was about to post about Allende... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 12, 2009 Only fair having flagged up Basil Rathbone, I shall mention that perhaps the definitve Sherlock Holmes on the small screen, Jeremy Brett, died today in 1995... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 14, 2009 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington died today in 1852... This photograph is one of the earliest surviving portraits in the World.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted September 14, 2009 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington died today in 1852... This photograph is one of the earliest surviving portraits in the World.. Never seen that, thanks for posting it MIB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted September 14, 2009 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington died today in 1852... This photograph is one of the earliest surviving portraits in the World.. I believe LFN took that photograph on his Kodak Brownie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted September 14, 2009 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington died today in 1852... This photograph is one of the earliest surviving portraits in the World.. I believe LFN took that photograph on his Kodak Brownie. Bastard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 15, 2009 Marc Bolan died on this day in 1977, two weeks shy of his 30th birthday... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted September 16, 2009 Marc Bolan died on this day in 1977, two weeks shy of his 30th birthday... As did Maria Callas (though somewhat older and involving fewer girlfriends, trees and cars) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 17, 2009 Paula Yates, bastard child of Hughie Green and mother of Peaches Geldof, died of a drugs overdose today in 2000... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted September 17, 2009 September 18 1970 Former Monkees Support Act, Jimi Hendrix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 18, 2009 The baseball player Leonard Koenecke died on this day in 1935, aged 31. He was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by a flight attendant after going beserk and attacking the pilot of a small plane he had chartered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 19, 2009 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield dies on this day in 1881, two months after being shot... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted September 20, 2009 Former Brighton & Hove Albion Boss Brian Clough. 20-9-2005 Oh, he also managed some club called Nottingham Forest with some success too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 21, 2009 Florence Griffith Joyner, who still hold the World Record in the 100m & 200m for women, died 11 years ago today, just ten years after setting those records... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted September 21, 2009 King Edward II of England is said to have met his unfortunate end on this day in 1327. "While lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress... weighed him down and suffocated him, a plumber's iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his anus so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines". — Thomas de la Moore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted September 22, 2009 Marcel Marceau, 22 September 2007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 23, 2009 Sigmund Freud, the founding father of Psychoanalysis, died today in 1939... I wonder what he's make of the cigar motif? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 24, 2009 John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, died on this day in 1980 after consuming some 40 shots of whiskey... I'm of the thinking that 1980 was a classic year for celebrity death... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 28, 2009 Jazz pioneer Miles Davis died on this day in 1991... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 28, 2009 Bill Shankly, founder of the Liverpool dynasty of success, died today in 1981... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted September 29, 2009 The baseball player Leonard Koenecke died on this day in 1935, aged 31. He was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by a flight attendant after going beserk and attacking the pilot of a small plane he had chartered. Isn't this Russ Abbott? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted September 29, 2009 Isn't this Russ Abbott? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geronimo 3 Posted September 29, 2009 Isn't this Russ Abbott? Nah, this is Russ Abbott. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 30, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josco 49 Posted September 30, 2009 Actor James Dean died in a car crash today in 1955, aged just 24... And is it me or has Dean's iconic status just dimmed a bit in the last decade or so? I should imagine that most of the youth of today don't know who he is. And I didn't think he was that good anyway, a tad overrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites