time 8,617 Posted October 20, 2009 Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Killed along with their assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray when their plane crashed in Mississippi. October 20 1977. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 20, 2009 French new wave film-maker François Truffaut died 25 years ago today... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadamericans 0 Posted October 21, 2009 Jack Kerouac, American novelist, died on this date in 1969. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 22, 2009 Hirsute cricket icon W.G. Grace died today in 1915... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 23, 2009 Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, died today in 1991... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 25, 2009 John Peel died five years ago today... Somehow I think British pop hasn't been the same since... (Let's hope he's smiling on his beloved Liverpool FC on this of all days... ) ....he did! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 26, 2009 Singer Alma Cogan died of cancer today in 1966, aged 34... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 29, 2009 On this day in 1934, silent film star Lou Tellegen stabbed himself to death with a pair of sewing scissors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted October 30, 2009 Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, Andrew Bonar Law died today in 1923 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted October 31, 2009 PW Botha became a nice South African on this day in 2006. He died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 31, 2009 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated 25 years ago today... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 31, 2009 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated 25 years ago today...Ah yes. Q: How many bodyguards does an Indian Prime Minister need? A: Try six. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted November 2, 2009 George Bernard Shaw died 2 November 1950, aged 94. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 2, 2009 Also today five years ago, Dutch cyclist Gerrie Knetemann died. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted November 4, 2009 First World War poet and soldier, Wilfred Owen, was killed at the Battle of Sambre on this day in 1918, exactly one week before the armistice treaty was signed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 5, 2009 Media Tycoon Robert Maxwell fell overboard today in 1991... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted November 5, 2009 Media Tycoon Robert Maxwell fell overboard today in 1991... Robbing thieving bastard, drowning was too good for him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 7, 2009 Steve McQueen died today in 1980... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 9, 2009 Two British Prime Ministers have died on this day: Ramsay MacDonald who controversially formed the National Government in 1931, died in 1937... and Neville Chamberlain who never recovered after the failure of his Appeasement policy, dying six months after he was forced from office in 1940... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted November 9, 2009 ...and Neville Chamberlain who never recovered after the failure of his Appeasement policy, dying six months after he was forced from office in 1940... Although I dare say it had more to do with the terminal bowel cancer from which he was suffering... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted November 9, 2009 Two British Prime Ministers have died on this day: Ramsay MacDonald who controversially formed the National Government in 1931, died in 1937... and Neville Chamberlain who never recovered after the failure of his Appeasement policy, dying six months after he was forced from office in 1940... Its also 5 years ago today that I discovered this site whilst I was googling Emlyn Hughes, following his death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites