The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 14, 2017 Actor Peter Finch died on this day 40 years ago: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 14, 2017 We got to say yippee ki yay motherfucker to Alan Rickman 1 year ago today, who died from cancer at the age of 69. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted January 14, 2017 Forty years since the death of Anais Nin, writer best known for her erotica. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 14, 2017 Forty years since the death of Anais Nin, writer best known for her erotica. Ah yes. Delta of Venus beats 50 Shades of Grey into a cocked hat - literally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 15, 2017 Dan Haggerty couldn't bear life any longer as he reached his grizzly end a year ago on this day. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 15, 2017 30 years since Ray Bolger's brain stopped working, aged 83. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 15, 2017 Elizabeth Short, best known as The Black Dahlia, was assassinated on this day 70 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 16, 2017 Carl 'Bobo' Olsen was counted out this day 15 years ago, aged 73, 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 16, 2017 Benny Parsons died on this day 10 years ago: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted January 16, 2017 Robert van de Graaff, physicist, sparked out exactly 50 years ago. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 16, 2017 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr -- creator of The Chipmunks -- 45 years 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 16, 2017 Actor Emil Sitka died on this day in 1998, aged 83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 17, 2017 Walter Briggs Sr -- owner of my Detroit Tigers (stadium was called Briggs Stadium a number of decades) - 65 years Art Buchwald - 10 years 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 17, 2017 90 years since no more dib,dib,dib,dob, dob, dob for Juliette Gordon Low, aged 66. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 17, 2017 Gary Gilmore was executed on this day 40 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,883 Posted January 17, 2017 Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba was killed today 56 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 18, 2017 Glenn Frey couldn't take it to the limit anymore one year ago today, aged 67. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 18, 2017 John Tyler died on this day 155 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 18, 2017 50 years since Barney Ross failed to beat the count, aged 57. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted January 18, 2017 Three years after his solitary Deathlist appearance, Fergie Frederiksen died. That was three years ago today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,112 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumnus, astounded me. [pedantry] FTFY [/pedantry] Alumni is plural. Or should that be "are plural"? Damn. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I doubt his status as a DL alumnus had any bearing on his obitability tbh. We're surely not that influential! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I doubt his status as a DL alumnus had any bearing on his obitability tbh. We're surely not that influential! I meant them picking him had led me to believe he was far more famous than he apparently was. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I doubt his status as a DL alumnus had any bearing on his obitability tbh. We're surely not that influential! That's not what he meant. One of the criteria for being a DL pick is the person's death is likely to get a mention in the six o clock news. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
