rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 19, 2017 20 years since Deng Xiaoping gave up being paramount, aged 92. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 19, 2017 Virginia Hamilton stopped writing on this day 15 years ago, aged 65. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 19, 2017 It was a wrap for documentary film maker John Grierson who died 45 years ago, aged 73. Credited with coining the term 'documentary', and considered the father of British and Canadian documentaries, the Grierson awards are named in his honour. This is one of his most famous productions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmciuKsBOi0 Edit: Actually, he didn't produce this but provided the narration. Full version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7SD6qt0EFI 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 20, 2017 Walter Winchell wrote his last column on this day 45 years ago, aged 74. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 20, 2017 Twenty-five years since Dick York was put under the Grim Reaper's spell, aged 63. Best known for being the first Darrin to Elizabeth Montgomery's Samantha in Bewitched. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 20, 2017 Henri Moissan became unreactive 110 years ago, aged 54. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted February 21, 2017 Baruch Spinoza died 340 years ago today following many years of substance abuse, aged 44. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 21, 2017 3 hours ago, The Dead Cow said: Baruch Spinoza died 340 years ago today following many years of substance abuse, aged 44. Not a drinker. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 21, 2017 John Thaw nicked his last slag this day 15 years ago, aged 60. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 21, 2017 Charles Beaumont stopped writing on this day 50 years ago, aged 38. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 21, 2017 7 hours ago, TheUndertaker1990 said: Charles Beaumont stopped writing on this day 50 years ago, aged 38. [pedant] He died 50 years ago, stopped writing a couple of years before that, too ill! [/pedant] 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 21, 2017 580 years ago James I of Scotland was assassinated aged 42, during a failed coup, led by his Uncle, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. During the first 18 years of his reign, from the age of 12, he was held hostage by the English, for whom he fought against the French, which made him unpopular in Scotland as Scots were fighting with the French. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 22, 2017 185 years since Goethe sold his soul to the devil, aged 82. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted February 22, 2017 Andy Warhol managed his way into a Velvet coffin Underground when he went the way of all Flesh, 30 years ago today, at the age of 58. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 22, 2017 The last animated cartoon short for Chuck Jones on this day 15 years ago, aged 89. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 22, 2017 Charles Blondin stopped walking the walk 120 years ago, dying from diabetes aged 72. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted February 22, 2017 Florence Ballard finally escaped the never-ending hell that was her life today in 1976, aged 32 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted February 22, 2017 Archibald Knox was no longer at Liberty on this day in 1933. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Knox_(designer) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 23, 2017 10 years since the death of John Richie, aged 65. Candidates knowing how may goals he scored for Stoke may tip the balance today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 23, 2017 Donnie Brooks stopped singing on this day 10 years ago, aged 71. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, rockhopperpenguin said: 10 years since the death of John Richie, aged 65. Candidates knowing how may goals he scored for Stoke may tip the balance today. Ritchie died 7 years to the day after another Stoke City, legend, Sir Stanley Matthews. Despite there being more than a quarter of a century age difference, Matthews and Ritchie played alongside each other at Stoke. Like Ritchie, Matthews also had two separate spells at Stoke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted February 24, 2017 23 years since the death of Dinah Shore, aged 77. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 24, 2017 The bear facts are Jan Berenstain died this day 5 years ago, aged 88. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 24, 2017 Sir Edward Marshall Hall had no defence against the grim reaper 90 years ago, dying aged 68. Known as 'the great defender', he was famous for his oratory. Born in Brighton, he has a bus named after him 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 24, 2017 Actor Bruce Bennett died on this day 10 years ago, aged 100. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
