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44 (!) years ago, Jimi Hendrix died aged 27...

 

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Dam Busters leader Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO & Bar DFC & Bar died 70 years ago today at the tender age of 26 years.

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Brian Clough died 10 years ago today

 

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Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios, died 75 years ago

 

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Forgot to post this one yesterday..... and it's another one for the wrestling fans, sorry...

Wrestler Brian Pillman was found dead in his hotel room on 5th October 1997, aged only 35.

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Comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter, Eddie Cantor died 50 years ago today.

 

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Christopher Reeve passed away October 10th 2004 at the age of 52

 

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American comedian/actor Redd Foxx died on 11th October 1991.

 

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He was famous for starring in "Sanford and Son", which is worth mentioning just for the theme tune:

 

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Born in 1904

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Tennis Legend Rene Lacoste died on this day in 1996

 

He is best remembered for the clothing company he founded and it's iconic Gator logo

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29 years ago, Ricky Wilson, guitar player and song-writer of new wave/pop band The B-52's, died of AIDS at age 32.

 

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Guillaume Depardieu, French actor and son of Gérard, died on October 13, 2009, of viral pneumonia at age 37.

 

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54 CE. Roman Emperor, Claudius dies from being poisoned under mysterious circumstances.

 

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40 years ago today, Ed Sullivan died at the age of 73 from Esophageal cancer.

 

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I thought the Ed Sullivan show went on until 1981?!

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I thought the Ed Sullivan show went on until 1981?!

 

June 6th 1971 was the last show

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I must have misread it then. Or it was a typo. This is in the days before Wikipedia of course... :)

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55 years ago, Errol Flynn died at the age of 50

 

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70 years ago today, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

 

 

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Cole Porter died 50 years ago today at the age of 73

 

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Today in 1805 Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was shot and killed in the Battle of Trafalgar, aged 47.

 

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regards,

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25 years ago today, Ewan McColl died at the age of 74

 

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80 years ago today, outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd was shot dead

 

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On this day in 2011, MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli died, on the same morning as my sister.

 

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1 year ago today Gypie Mayo lost his battle with cancer

 

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