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The "sex thimble" Dudley Moore, said goodbye for the last time today in 2002...

 

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Graphic artist M.C. Escher died today in 1972.

 

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Legendary film director Billy Wilder died today in 2002.

 

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Comedian Milton Berle also died today in 2002.

 

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Comedian Milton Berle also died today in 2002.

 

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They buried him on the Friday and his dick on the Saturday and Sunday.

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Five-star general and President Dwight D. Eisenhower died today in 1969 aged 78.

 

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Magazine publisher DeWitt Wallace shuffled off 30 years ago today.

 

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two people died on this date.

 

Track and field athlete Jesse Owens lost his battle with lung cancer today in 1980.

 

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Latin singer Selena was shot and killed today in 1995.

 

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Soul and R&B singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father today in 1984.

 

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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray today in 1968.

 

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Silent film actress Gloria Swanson died today in 1983 aged 84.

 

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Silent film actress Gloria Swanson died today in 1983 aged 84.

 

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"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr Undertaker..."

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Chinese Military leader Chiang Kai-Shek died today in 1975.

 

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Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, committed suicide by gunshot today in 1994.

 

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Actress Dolores Del Rio took the last flight to Rio today in 1983.

 

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Also Carking it in 2007, Kurt Vonnegut, author of 'Slaughterhouse-five'.

 

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Josephine Baker, the toast of Paris in the 1920's, died today in 1975 aged 68.

 

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3 entertainers have died on this date.

 

Actor Frederic March died today in 1975 aged 77.

 

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Burl Ives, who was the snowman narrator in the X-mas special "Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer", died today in 1995 aged 85.

 

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Don Ho, the singer who was known for "Tiny Bubbles", died today in 2007 aged 76.

 

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Noele Gordon checked out of Crossroads Motel for good on this day in 1985.

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Actor Richard Conte died today in 1975 aged 65 from a heart attack.

 

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Cartoonist Brant Parker carked it today in 2007 aged 86.

 

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Things weren't looking good for Virginia Tech when Seung Hoi-Cho killed 32 victims and himself today in 2007.

 

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Gifted Universal Rhymes Unlimited, aka Guru, died one year ago today

 

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William Hartnell, the first guy to place Doctor Who, died today in 1975 aged 67.

 

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James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King, died today in 1998.

 

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Boris Yeltsin, who was the first president of Russia, died today in 2007 aged 76.

 

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