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1 year ago, Ultimate Warrior James Brian Hellwig died.

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Aids activist Ryan white died 25 years ago today

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70 years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the USA.

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55 years ago, Eddie Cochran was killed in a car crash at the age of 21.

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Albert Einstein died 60 years ago.

 

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Erich Fromm died 35 years ago.

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Dick Clark, the host of "American Bandstand" from 1952 to 1987, died three years ago today aged 82 of a heart attack.

 

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Erich Fromm died 35 years ago.

An underated genius. Predicted the rise of unhappiness related to rampant consumerism.

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Four years ago today, Elisabeth Sladen died aged 65.

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Says who?

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2 years have already gone by since Nosher Powell died at the age of 84

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Even if that were a rule, Elizabeth Sladen would be an exception.

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Even if that were a rule, Elizabeth Sladen would be an exception.

 

 

I personally switched most of my posts to marking 10th, 15th 20th etc more because I got fed up with doing it most years. Although some I might post in between more as a "bloody hell, time doesn't 'arf fly". But Elizabeth Sladen is an exception to any rule.

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Even if that were a rule, Elizabeth Sladen would be an exception.

 

 

I personally switched most of my posts to marking 10th, 15th 20th etc more because I got fed up with doing it most years. Although some I might post in between more as a "bloody hell, time doesn't 'arf fly". But Elizabeth Sladen is an exception to any rule.

 

I tried to just announce significant milestones (deathdays as opposed to birthdays) but found there were insufficient significant milestones to make it worthwhile, especially as I tried to not duplicate entries; hence, any anniversary, as long as the deceased is particularly significant, is fair game, even if it means duplication of someone who appeared in previous years.

 

Today is the 97th anniversary of the death of Manfred von Richtofen, WW1 flying ace, The Red Baron.

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Even if that were a rule, Elizabeth Sladen would be an exception.

 

 

I personally switched most of my posts to marking 10th, 15th 20th etc more because I got fed up with doing it most years. Although some I might post in between more as a "bloody hell, time doesn't 'arf fly". But Elizabeth Sladen is an exception to any rule.

 

I tried to just announce significant milestones (deathdays as opposed to birthdays) but found there were insufficient significant milestones to make it worthwhile, especially as I tried to not duplicate entries; hence, any anniversary, as long as the deceased is particularly significant, is fair game, even if it means duplication of someone who appeared in previous years.

 

Today is the 97th anniversary of the death of Manfred von Richtofen, WW1 flying ace, The Red Baron.

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I didn't even realize he was just 25 when he died.

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12 years ago today american singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone died of breast cancer aged 70. R.I.p she was an inspiration and a excellent singer

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Hey we do multiples of 5 here.

 

Even if that were a rule, Elizabeth Sladen would be an exception.

I personally switched most of my posts to marking 10th, 15th 20th etc more because I got fed up with doing it most years. Although some I might post in between more as a "bloody hell, time doesn't 'arf fly". But Elizabeth Sladen is an exception to any rule.

I tried to just announce significant milestones (deathdays as opposed to birthdays) but found there were insufficient significant milestones to make it worthwhile, especially as I tried to not duplicate entries; hence, any anniversary, as long as the deceased is particularly significant, is fair game, even if it means duplication of someone who appeared in previous years.

 

Today is the 97th anniversary of the death of Manfred von Richtofen, WW1 flying ace, The Red Baron.

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Met his grand nephew in Majorca about 20 years ago. He was a nice enough bloke, his wife was very down to earth and chatted away to us for a few hours.

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Also today in 1971 François Duvalier, aka Papa Doc, dictator of Haiti from 1957 to his death, died aged 64.

 

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Some 30,000 Haitians were killed by his regime. His successor and son Jean-Claude, slightly less genocidal but more corrupt, died last year.

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499 years ago, William Shakespeare, some kind of playwright - let's hope we are all here for the 500th next year.

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40 years ago Pete Ham lead singer/composer with Badfinger hanged himself at age 27. :rip:

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Former Israeli president Ezer Weizman died 10 years ago today aged 80.

 

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2 people died on this date 20 years ago:

 

Ginger Rogers, 83, actress famous for her collaborations with Fred Astaire.

 

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Art Fleming, 70, the original host of "Jeopardy".

 

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