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5 years ago: Rue McClanahan, actress, aged 76 from a stroke. She starred in: Maude, Mama's Family and The Golden Girls.

 

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25 years ago Stiv Bators died at the age of 40

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185 years ago independence leader Antonio José de Sucre was assassinated, aged 35, in what is now Colombia.

 

He was second President of Bolivia succeeding Simón Bolívar.

 

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5 years ago -- Coach John Wooden (UCLA basketball)

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Ronald Reagan, 11 years ago (age 93) from Alzheimer's.

 

 

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Anne Bancroft - 10 years ago (6/6)

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Today in 1784 Dutch political writer and liberal revolutionary Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol died, aged 42.

 

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His first achievement was the abolition of conscript labour farmers in his province of Overijssel had to perform, a relic of feudal socage. His anonymously published pamphlet Aan het Volk van Nederland ("To the People of the Netherlands") is one of the most important early writing for democracy in the Netherlands, influential to this day.

 

Dutch historian Jan Romein devoted one chapter of his Erflaters van onze beschaving, a biographical who is who of 36 Dutch men and women from 1320 to 1930, to Van der Capellen.

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Henry Miller: 35 years

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On June 8th 1845 - the 7th president of the US, Andrew Jackson, died aged 78.

 

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He was a lot harder than he looks btw, he was a general or something, plus he once killed a guy in one of those old-timey pistol duels. Presumably the duel was called because the guy made fun of him for looking like Peter Cushing.

 

Oh also, apparently some guy named Muhammad died on this day in 632. Never heard of him but ....... har-har anyway!

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Charles Dickens - 145 years (6/9).

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder on this date in 1982.

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Well, it's past midnight here and no more big deaths (phew, emotionally draining or what?!!!) so let's pause to remember Egon Ronay who died 5 years ago today.

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Its 35 years today since Sir Billy Butlin died.

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12 years ago American actor Gregory peck died aged 87

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2 years ago, the oldest man ever, Jiromeon Kimura died aged 116.

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Its 35 years today since Sir Billy Butlin died.

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A case of "bye-de-bye" then.

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I know where my coat is...

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As a measure of how inexplicable it was, we all completely missed the first anniversary of Rik Mayall's death on 9th June...

 

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Having breakfast sausage and thinking of Jimmy Dean who died 5 years ago.

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Its 35 years today since Sir Billy Butlin died.

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A case of "bye-de-bye" then.

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I know where my coat is...

 

Note the fences to keep people in.

 

Anyway, Rik Mayall was perfectly explicable. It was Tony Blair's fault. I was gonna post his death on here but my feelings was hurt on the subject, cause I remembered... if you look up the relevant thread I offered to explain why but no-one was interested. :smiley_f:

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Can't believe that Rory Gallagher has been gone for 20 years.
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Ruth Graham, the wifey of our good ol' friend Billy, died 8 years ago.

 

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Can't believe that Rory Gallagher has been gone for 20 years.

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The time has really flown by, They've been paying tribute to him today in Cork

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19 years ago eila Fitzgerald and 23 years ago James hunt

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19 years ago eila Fitzgerald and 23 years ago James hunt

Mr new Morbidkid You'll note in general it's increments of 5. At least that's the way it was. Otherwise you'd post the same obits every year.

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