Sir Creep 7,071 Posted July 26, 2015 5 years ago (7/27) we lost one good guy -- Maury Chakin -- and one bad guy -- Jack "The Assassin" Tatum.SirC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted July 26, 2015 5 years ago (7/27) we lost one good guy -- Maury Chakin -- and one bad guy -- Jack "The Assassin" Tatum. SirC Not sure why my font fucked off there... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 26, 2015 90 years ago, after losing three presidential elections William Jennings Bryan lost the argument on evolution and gave up the ghost aged 65. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 27, 2015 35 years to the day Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran died aged 60. This was just over a year after he was forced to pack a toothbrush and leave home rather quickly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,619 Posted July 27, 2015 We lost Hope exactly a dozen years ago. He was a century young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Let not the day pass without noting the 265th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach aged 65. Wonder if anyone played organ at the funeral? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 28, 2015 And 11 years ago Francis Crick's DNA began to break down at the age of 88. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,619 Posted July 29, 2015 Two years ago Eileen Breenan passed away from cancer. Most people remembered her role in Private Benjamin, but I always knew her as Ms. Bannister in that '80s Pippi Longstocking movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 29, 2015 Vincent van Gogh aged 37, 125 years ago put down his brush and picked up a gun. Artists! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 30, 2015 25 years ago, Ian Gow MP aged 53, suffered the consequences for not increasing his personal security. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted July 30, 2015 On this day in 1419 the First Defenestration of Prague occurred, when an enraged mob threw a judge and thirteen members of the council from the windows of the town hall. King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia apparently died of shock shortly after he was informed of these events. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted July 31, 2015 140 years ago 7/31/1875, the 17th President of the US of A, Andrew Johnson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 31, 2015 Fernando Sancho died this day aged 72. Famous for being a 'mexican' in the Ringo movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 377 Posted July 31, 2015 Sir Bobby Robson died this day 6 years ago aged 76, brilliant manager and one of the nicest men ever in football, true legend, much missed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted August 1, 2015 985 years ago -- yes, 985 -- Marc Antony. 35 years ago, one of my favourites, Strother Martin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted August 1, 2015 "What we've got here is...failure to communicate." That line is a meme within itself, but it always struck me that Martin's reading of the line was entirely different from what you'd imagine. You think "tough guy" then you get the ultimate in job Nazi, justifying and escaping behind the badge with a sort of slimy security. It's great. Sorry, thesp-geek. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,134 Posted August 1, 2015 985 years ago -- yes, 985 -- Marc Antony. 35 years ago, one of my favourites, Strother Martin Think you have your years wrong. Didn't Marc Antony die 30 bc? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 1, 2015 In 1997 Gary Powers couldn't survive a second crash but died a hero aged 47. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted August 1, 2015 1985 years ago -- yes, 1985 -- Marc Antony. 35 years ago, one of my favourites, Strother Martin Think you have your years wrong. Didn't Marc Antony die 30 bc?You are right!Would make him 985 + 60, so 2045 years, thus doubly surpassing officially the 1000th death anniversary I posted for St Vladimir SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted August 1, 2015 Timothy Claypole became a real ghost 22 years ago today You know, I didn't know until years later that he had died. Wasn't Rentaghost still going on at that time? Same here. I'm pretty sure it was still be shown in repeats around the time he died. Apparently it originally finished in 1984! I thought the series carried at least until the late eighties, but it seems they were repeats... Sad as it may seem I've been pondering on this for the past six years. I finally decided to that Radio Times back copy site to see if Rentaghost was shown until the late 1980s as my memory told me it did. My memory was wrong. Last time a standalone episode of Rentaghost was shown was October 1986, it wasn't shown again until 1990 as part of the 8.15 from Manchester (which I didn't watch). http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/40/20?order=desc&q=rentaghost#search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 1, 2015 Timothy Claypole became a real ghost 22 years ago today You know, I didn't know until years later that he had died. Wasn't Rentaghost still going on at that time? Same here. I'm pretty sure it was still be shown in repeats around the time he died. Apparently it originally finished in 1984! I thought the series carried at least until the late eighties, but it seems they were repeats... Sad as it may seem I've been pondering on this for the past six years. I finally decided to that Radio Times back copy site to see if Rentaghost was shown until the late 1980s as my memory told me it did. My memory was wrong. Last time a standalone episode of Rentaghost was shown was October 1986, it wasn't shown again until 1990 as part of the 8.15 from Manchester (which I didn't watch). http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/40/20?order=desc&q=rentaghost#search That's a great website to confirm or debunk myths of what I watched/didn't watch during the 80s. Still haven't found the overseas stop-animation film (possibly East European/Scandinavian origin) with Murray Walker guesting as the voice of the commentator during the race at the end with the all the animals... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 1, 2015 Timothy Claypole became a real ghost 22 years ago today You know, I didn't know until years later that he had died. Wasn't Rentaghost still going on at that time? Same here. I'm pretty sure it was still be shown in repeats around the time he died. Apparently it originally finished in 1984! I thought the series carried at least until the late eighties, but it seems they were repeats... Sad as it may seem I've been pondering on this for the past six years. I finally decided to that Radio Times back copy site to see if Rentaghost was shown until the late 1980s as my memory told me it did. My memory was wrong. Last time a standalone episode of Rentaghost was shown was October 1986, it wasn't shown again until 1990 as part of the 8.15 from Manchester (which I didn't watch). http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/40/20?order=desc&q=rentaghost#search That's a great website to confirm or debunk myths of what I watched/didn't watch during the 80s. Still haven't found the overseas stop-animation film (possibly East European/Scandinavian origin) with Murray Walker guesting as the voice of the commentator during the race at the end with the all the animals... Maybe that was just the mushrooms.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted August 2, 2015 915 years ago William II of England was killed by an arrow in the chest whilst out hunting. Seems that while he was hunting deer, someone was hunting him. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted August 2, 2015 915 years ago William II of England was killed by an arrow in the chest whilst out hunting. Seems that while he was hunting deer, someone was hunting him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1K3adhhuAM 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 2, 2015 Timothy Claypole became a real ghost 22 years ago today You know, I didn't know until years later that he had died. Wasn't Rentaghost still going on at that time? Same here. I'm pretty sure it was still be shown in repeats around the time he died. Apparently it originally finished in 1984! I thought the series carried at least until the late eighties, but it seems they were repeats... Sad as it may seem I've been pondering on this for the past six years. I finally decided to that Radio Times back copy site to see if Rentaghost was shown until the late 1980s as my memory told me it did. My memory was wrong. Last time a standalone episode of Rentaghost was shown was October 1986, it wasn't shown again until 1990 as part of the 8.15 from Manchester (which I didn't watch). http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/40/20?order=desc&q=rentaghost#search That's a great website to confirm or debunk myths of what I watched/didn't watch during the 80s. Still haven't found the overseas stop-animation film (possibly East European/Scandinavian origin) with Murray Walker guesting as the voice of the commentator during the race at the end with the all the animals... Maybe that was just the mushrooms.... Or red Smarties, according to myth... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
