Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 22, 2010 German writer and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died on this day in 1832 in Weimar, aged 83. regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 24, 2010 Queen Elizabeth I of England died on this day in 1603. PS. The above portrait was painted 7 years after her death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted March 24, 2010 Queen Elizabeth I of England died on this day in 1603. PS. The above portrait was painted 7 years after her death. No wonder she looks pissed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted March 24, 2010 Harold Melvin left us this way in 1997. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 27, 2010 The 'sex thimble', Dudley Moore, died today in 2002... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 28, 2010 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States of America and who famously came up with the phrase 'Military-Industrial Complex', died today in 1969... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted March 28, 2010 Today in 1941 Virginia Woolf commits suicide. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted March 28, 2010 Paul Henreid, best known as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, died today in 1992. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted March 29, 2010 The "Singing Nun", Jeanine Deckers, took part in a lesbian suicide pact in a lettuce field today in 1985. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted March 30, 2010 Alastair Cooke died 6 years ago today, a mere 4 weeks after retiring from his Letter From America show, aged 95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted March 31, 2010 Enid Bagnold died this day in 1981, aged 91. She wrote National Velvet and is (was? would have been?) the great-grandmother of Samantha Cameron (wife of Prime Ministerial hopeful David). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 1, 2010 Surrealist painter Max Ernst died today in 1976... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 2, 2010 Georges Pompidou, President of France, dies in office today in 1974 of a rare cancer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted April 2, 2010 My oh my .. has it been five years? From what I can remember, his death was one of the most anticipated of my lifetime. After years of sacrifice and dedication I often wonder how god rewarded his efforts. We're going to check on him. Generally we would never do this, but let's invade his privacy just once. Shhh. Be quiet. Oh, there he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 3, 2010 He never got himself in the kind of trouble the current incumbant has got himself into. Mind you, he must have known too, surely? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 4, 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated today in 1968... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted April 4, 2010 Cozy Powell had his last dance with the devil this day in 1998, aged 50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted April 5, 2010 Tammy Wynette got a D-I-V-O-R-C-E from L-I-F-E today in 1998 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted April 5, 2010 Also on this day in 1829, Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, aged 26, died from tuberculosis. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted April 8, 2010 Artist Pablo Picasso expired on this date in 1973 at the age of 91. A rational person would think his art made very little sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 11, 2010 Joseph Merrick, the 'Elephant Man', died today in 1890... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 12, 2010 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died today in 1945, barely a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted April 13, 2010 Larry Parks, he of The Jolson Story, died April 13 1975, aged 60. His career stalled when it emerged he was a communist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 14, 2010 15th April 1989.... YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
