themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 30, 2013 Today in 1955, James Dean, who was in 'East of Eden' directed by Kazan, died in a car crash aged 24... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted October 2, 2013 Actor Paul Hartman, who played the fix-it man on "The Andy Griffith Show", carked it 40 years ago today from a heart attack aged 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 2, 2013 Today in 1968 French artist and second-rate chess player Marcel Duchamp died, aged 81. His best known work: regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,579 Posted October 3, 2013 Today in 1968 French artist and second-rate chess player Marcel Duchamp died, aged 81. His best known work: regards, Hein That's just taking the piss! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 3, 2013 Today in 1968 French artist and second-rate chess player Marcel Duchamp died, aged 81. His best known work: regards, Hein That's just taking the piss! Yes, it iss. Its title, btw, is Fountain. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 4, 2013 Today in 1669 Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt died, aged 63. This self-portrait shows the painter at 23. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted October 4, 2013 On this day in 1989, Graham Chapman succumbed to cancer at the age of 48. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted October 5, 2013 On this day in 1989, Graham Chapman succumbed to cancer at the age of 48. I remember reading that Cleese and Palin (and possibly some others) "had to be removed from the [hospital] room to deal with their grief". I guess they must have injected them with some really strong sedative that really fucked them up, because none of them have been funny since then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 5, 2013 Today in 1837, Hortense de Beauharnais, stepdaughter of Emperor Napoleon and from 5 June 1806 to 1 July 1810 Queen of Holland, died at age 54. She was the mother of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, from 20 December 1848 to 2 December 1852 Emperor Napoleon III. Although the portrait shows IMO just a vapid girl who married well, it seems she wasn´t altogether talentless. She composed quite a few songs, among which Partant pour la Syrie, from 1852 to 1870 the unofficial French national anthem. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 9, 2013 Today in 1978 Belgian singer and composer Jacques Brel died, aged 49. regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 12, 2013 35 years ago, Punk groupie Nancy Spungen was stabbed (most likely) by her boyfriend, the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. She was 20 years old. Four months later Sid died of a heroin overdose (aged 21) and so the case was closed by the police. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 12, 2013 The country and folk musician John Denver died in a single plane crash on October 12, 1997 at the age of 53. His signature songs are “Take me home country roads” (1971 US No. 2), “Sunshine on my shoulders” (1973 US No.1), “Annie’s Song” (1974 US and UK No.1), “Thank God I’m a country boy” (1975 US No.1), “I’m sorry/Calypso” (1975 US No.1) and as a song writer “Leaving on a jet plane”, a US No.1 for Peter, Paul & Mary in 1969. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 13, 2013 The man who has had the very first official British No.1 (published by the New Musical Express on November 14, 1952) with “Here in my heart”, Al Martino, died on October 13, 2009, six days after his 82nd birthday. I couldn’t put more information in one sentence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 13, 2013 Today in 2007 Dutch lawyer Pieter Bakker Schut died, aged 66. In the 1970s he became well known in the Netherlands and Germany as counsel to several members of the Red Army Fraction. regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 18, 2013 After the Lufthansa aircraft Boing 737 “Landshut” was stormed by the German counter-terrorism group GSG 9 on October 18, 1977 (all terrorists were killed or captured and all hostages were rescued), the 3 German RAF terrorists Jan-Carl Raspe, Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader committed suicide in their prison cells. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 19, 2013 Today in 1937 New Zealander Ernest Rutherford, physicist and pioneer of modern atomic theory, died, aged 66. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 20, 2013 Both, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and songwriter Steve Gaines and lead singer Ronnie van Zant, and 4 other passengers/pilots were killed in a tragic plane crash on October 20, 1977, when the plane carried the band between two shows. They were 28 and 29 respectively. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted October 20, 2013 Kooooky Libyan Muammar Gaddafi, killed two years ago today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 21, 2013 Richard Shannon Hoon, lead singer of alternative-rock band Blind Melon, died on October 21, 1995 of a cocaine overdose at age 28. Blind Melon’s best known hit is “No Rain” from their self-titled debut album. “No Rain” hit US #20, UK #17 and Canada #1 in 1992. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted October 21, 2013 Richard Shannon Hoon, lead singer of alternative-rock band Blind Melon, died on October 21, 1995 of a cocaine overdose at age 28. Blind Melon’s best known hit is “No Rain” from their self-titled debut album. “No Rain” hit US #20, UK #17 and Canada #1 in 1992. Missed the 27 Club by a month. Bummer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 21, 2013 Missed the 27 Club by a month. Bummer. Yeah, I was thinking about that, too. Would've been a nice member... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,982 Posted October 21, 2013 Continuing the trend of young musician deaths in the last few posts 10 years ago today legendary singer/songwriter Elliot Smith took his own life with 2 stab wounds to the chest at age 34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted October 21, 2013 Former U.S. Senator George McGovern died a year ago today aged 92. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 22, 2013 Euro-Dance star Franky Gee, lead singer from the project “Captain Jack”, died on October 22, 2005 in Palma (Spain). He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, went into a coma and died 5 days later. Captain Jacks most successful hits were “Captain Jack” and “Drill Instructor”, which topped the Dutch charts in 1995/96 and entered several European singles charts, e.g. in Germany No. 3 and 4 respectively. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted October 23, 2013 American country musician “Mother” Maybelle Carter, member of the historic Carter family and mother of June Carter (the wife of Johnny Cash), died on October 23, 1978 at the age of 69. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
