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John Fowles, author of one of my (and several serial killers') favourite books, The Collector.

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great author indeed the collector is my top 10

 

I knew it! :crossbone::lol:

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Terrorist and all-around uber-weirdo Yasser Arafat died in a French hospital 11 years ago.

 

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Now I think about it, that demotes Oscar Wilde to being only the second biggest fan of male sexual organs to die in Paris...

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Roger C. Carmel died on this day in 1986 aged 54.

 

He is probably best known for playing Harcourt Fenton (Harry) Mudd in Star Trek.

 

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Such was life for Ned Kelly 135 years ago today aged 25.

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Ned Kelly the hipster :-)

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Wow no one said Søren Kierkegaard??? 160 years.

Superb goalie Pelle Lindbergh killed himself driving like shit and drunk, shockingly dying in his prime - 35 years ago.

SC

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12 Nov:

Cnut the Great - 980 years.

Eve Arden - 25 years

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12 Nov:

Cnut the Great - 980 years.

Eve Arden - 25 years

You Americans and your way of spelling words! duck.gif

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Wow no one said Søren Kierkegaard??? 160 years.

Superb goalie Pelle Lindbergh killed himself driving like shit and drunk, shockingly dying in his prime - 35 years ago.

SC

I thought about Kierkegaard but it was a bit either/or.

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But how could you have forgotten William G Adams former Mayor of St Johns Newfoundland who died this day 10 years ago aged 82?

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I forgot to post this yesterday but moustapha Akkad famous for producing the Halloween movies died of injuries sustained in the Jordan bombings ten years ago aged 75

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But how could you have forgotten William G Adams former Mayor of St Johns Newfoundland who died this day 10 years ago aged 82?

I know, right?!

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Ten years ago today Eddie Guerrero died of a massive heart attack aged 38.

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Ten years ago today Eddie Guerrero died of a massive heart attack aged 38.

You mean Eddie Guerroro professional wrestler who tested the reaper too far with his biography Cheating Death, Stealing Life?

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Come on Mk let's have a bit more effort on this thread please :old:

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Ten years ago today Eddie Guerrero died of a massive heart attack aged 38.

I was gonna say his new entrance theme should be "I lie, complete, ly still"

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Ten years ago today Eddie Guerrero died of a massive heart attack aged 38.

 

You mean Eddie Guerroro professional wrestler who tested the reaper too far with his biography Cheating Death, Stealing Life?

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Come on Mk let's have a bit more effort on this thread please :old:

I will post puns about celebrity's I know and I don't watch wrestling so I wouldn't know much about him except he is a very famous wrestler.

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Malcolm Muggeridge died aged 87 this day 25 years ago. Spy and war hero in WW2 and responsible for promoting the supposed virtues of Mother Theresa - that's pretty much as ying and yang on the likeability scale as you can get.

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For Johannes Kepler the laws of planetary motion no longer applied this day 385 years ago, aged 58.

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Ten years ago today Donald Watson died aged 95.

He was the founder of the Vegan Society, giving up meat at aged 14, and dairy 18 years later.

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11/16:

Louis Riel, a Canadian rabble-rouser who my G-Grandfather at age 9 played an important role in capturing; 130 years.
Clark Cable: 55 years

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On the same as day Clark Gable finally couldn't give a damn (come on Sir C, I expect better from you), 35 years ago Imogen Hassall ended her own life at the all too young age of 38.

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Arthur Askey died on this date in 1982, at the age of 82

 

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On the same as day Clark Gable finally couldn't give a damn (come on Sir C, I expect better from you), 35 years ago Imogen Hassall ended her own life at the all too young age of 38.

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I'm writing that down to use in 5 years.

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