paulh85 101 Posted July 6, 2015 apologies for no picture, can someone tell me how? Louis Armstrong, died age 69 in 1971 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted July 6, 2015 apologies for no picture, can someone tell me how? Louis Armstrong, died age 69 in 1971 are you on mobile if so you can't show media on !mobile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted July 6, 2015 apologies for no picture, can someone tell me how? Louis Armstrong, died age 69 in 1971 Here ya go: The great man in concert, featuring rare footage (although I'm not sure how footage can be 'rare' if it's all over YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l3sqspXlao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 6, 2015 Władysław Szpilman died 15 years ago. He was the inspiration for the film "The Pianist". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted July 6, 2015 William Faulkner, back in 1962. I am more convinced and determined than ever that this is not for me. I will protest to the last: no photographs, no recorded documents. It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless, no refuse save the printed books; I wish I had enough sense to see ahead thirty years ago, and like some of the Elizabethans, not signed them. It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 6, 2015 Oh, also, 12 years ago - Buddy Ebsen, aged 95 from pneumomia. He played the patriarch of the Beverly Hillbillies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 6, 2015 It is the 480th anniversary of the day of Sir Thomas More became a man for no seasons aged 57. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 6, 2015 And we shouldn't let the day pass before remembering the 20th anniversary of the death of a man who could only have been a locksmith or a musician, Ivor Keys, music professor aged 76. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 7, 2015 180 years ago for John Marshall, 4th Sec of Treaury for the USA and father of the Marshall Plan. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 7, 2015 Henri Nestlé, old school Willy Wonka, 125 years. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes author, 85 years. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 7, 2015 Charlie Howard was murdered on this day in 1984 in Bangor, Maine, at age 23. He was gay, and a victim of a hate crime. July 7th is now Diversity Day in Bangor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 7, 2015 85 years ago Arthur Conan Doyle died on this day aged 71...... or did he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 7, 2015 And 9 years ago aged 60, Syd Barrett, the crazy diamond stopped shining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted July 8, 2015 As mentioned elsewhere, the Ashes start today, so here's Wilf Rhodes who died aged 95 on this day in 1973. He was the first Englishman to score a thousand runs and take one hundred wickets in tests, and played his final test aged 52, making him the oldest test cricketer ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulh85 101 Posted July 8, 2015 4 years ago today, Betty ford died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 8, 2015 JULY 8 Two first ladies died on this date: 1957 - Grace Coolidge (1923-1929), aged 78 from heart failure. She was known for avoiding politics, not saying anything about her views on women's rights, for example. Instead of withdrawing from the public spotlight after a personal tragedy, she still did her duties after her son's death. 2011 - Betty Ford (1974-1977), aged 93, making her the 4th longest living first lady ever. Her husband Gerald was the longest livimg persident ever. She was outspoken about women's rights, supporting abortion even though she was a Republican, and drug and alcohol abuse. She was a Deathlist hit. Other than that, we have two deaths on this date in 1994: - Dick Sargent, the second man to play husband Darren on the sitcom Bewitched (1964-1972). A few years before his death, he came out as a homosexual. He died of cancer aged 64. Fun Fact: Both he, Dick York (the first Darren), and Elizabeth Montgomery (the witch), died in the 1990s in their 60s. - Kim il-Sung, the first dictator of North Korea, died aged 82 on this date. He served from the end of the Korean War until his own death. He was a Deathlist hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted July 8, 2015 1040 years ago Edgar The Peaceful died at the age of 31 or 32 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,578 Posted July 8, 2015 1040 years ago Edgar The Peaceful died at the age of 31 or 32 In that he looks more like Edger the Pissfull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted July 8, 2015 1040 years ago Edgar The Peaceful died at the age of 31 or 32 Is he twerking? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted July 8, 2015 Midnight died of a stomach aneurysm aged 47 6 years ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 8, 2015 Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Beverly Hills madam, Elizabeth Adams, aged 60. There's a rather apposite quote in this LA Times obit http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-11/local/me-22546_1_beverly-hills-madamapparently the world came to her - say no more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 9, 2015 It's the 11th death anniversary of Isabel Sanford, best known for her role as Weezy on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons". She died aged 86 after five days in the hospital from unspecified natural causes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 9, 2015 U.S. President Zachary Taylor died 165 years ago 7/9/1850. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 9, 2015 Amedeo Avagadro on this day 159 years ago aged 79, when it was said, do you know Avagadro's constant, the refrain was 'yes, he is now'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted July 10, 2015 Death list hit Charles lane 8 years ago 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
