rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 5, 2016 Not many people die of apoplexy these days, but Stamford Raffles did this day 190 years ago aged 44. He was also the founder of Singapore. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted July 5, 2016 Max Klinger (not the M*A*S*H character) stopped showing his etchings on this day in 1920. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Klinger 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 593 Posted July 5, 2016 George Melly was no longer on the Telly on this day in 2007. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 6, 2016 GAK! Wrong thread 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 6, 2016 It was a less wonderful world this day 45 years ago, with the death of Louis Armstrong aged 69. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 7, 2016 The crazy diamond shone no more, Syd Barrett died this day 10 years ago aged 60. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,682 Posted July 7, 2016 Bi-centenary of the death of playwright & MP Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 7, 2016 Dick Williams, manager of the Montreal Expos as well as a plethora of other MLB teams (he took four different teams to 90 victories), died 5 years ago. Interestingly perhaps is that I met him at a Montreal Canadiens hockey game and got his baseball autograph on the hockey programme. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 8, 2016 Betty Ford checked in to the great clinic in the sky, this day 5 years ago at the age of 93. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,682 Posted July 8, 2016 Its 295 years since the death of Elihu Yale, after whom the university is named. A 1999 article named him as "the most overrated philanthropist" in American history. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 8, 2016 July 8: James Franciscus was planted Beneath the Planet of the Apes - 25 years ago. June Allyson - 10 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 9, 2016 July 9: Pierre LaMoyne d'Iberville - 310 years Amedeo Avagadro - 160 years Detroit Tiger great Harry Heilmann - 65 years Melvin Belli - 20 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 9, 2016 30 years since the Red Army Faction expressed their anti-nuclear power policy through the murder of Karl Heinz Beckurst aged 56 and his chauffeur Eckhard Groppler aged 42. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 10, 2016 The light went out in the dark room for the last time for Louis-Jacques Daguerre, this day 165 years ago, aged 63. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,254 Posted July 10, 2016 It's been 75 years since Jelly Roll Morton took "The Crave" to "The Grave" aged 50. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 593 Posted July 10, 2016 It's been one year since the death of Omar Sharif, aged 83. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 11, 2016 The real life Indiana Jones, Gertrude Bell died this day 90 years ago aged 57. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 12, 2016 July 12:John Chancellor, one of America's most revered news presenters in the 1970s/80s - 20 years Sherwood Schwartz, producer of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, among others - 5 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 12, 2016 50 years since the death of D T Suzuki aged 96. You never know he may be your pet hamster now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 13, 2016 A decomposing composer this day 65 years ago, Arnold Schoenberg died aged 69. If you're not familiar with his works i'd recommend Gurrelieder (but you'll have to sort out the link to it yourself!). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,072 Posted July 13, 2016 Red Buttons - 10 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted July 13, 2016 Three years to the day that Corey Monteith stopped believing: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 593 Posted July 14, 2016 Actress Meredith MacRae died on this day in 2000 aged 56. She was best known for playing Billie Jo Bradley on "Petticoat Junction". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 14, 2016 Billy the Kid would never be Billy the Grown Up, after this day 135 years ago, aged 21. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,682 Posted July 14, 2016 Its the bicentenary of the death of Venezuelan Revolutionary Francisco de Miranda, who died in a Spanish prison aged 66 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
