time 8,618 Posted March 13, 2017 50 years ago Sir Frank Worrall died aged 42 a few months after being diagnosed with leukemia, He was the first sportsman to be granted a memorial service at Westminster Abbey. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 14, 2017 The last film for Fred Zinnemann on this day 20 years ago, aged 89. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 15, 2017 85 years since George Eastman took a snap decision, aged 77. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 15, 2017 Two falls and a submission for Antonino Rocca 40 years ago, aged 49. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 15, 2017 H. P. Lovecraft stopped writing on this day 80 years ago, aged 46. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted March 15, 2017 5 years ago, Mervyn Davies couldn't swerve the inevitable. By unknown - http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/3757.php, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36295517 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted March 15, 2017 Aristotle Onassis died on this day 42 years ago, aged 69. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted March 15, 2017 10 years since the death of MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn, aged 80. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 16, 2017 A year since Frank Sinatra Jr stopped swinging, aged 72. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 16, 2017 Austen Chamberlain died on this day 80 years ago, aged 73. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted March 16, 2017 Died 2 months before a Chamberlain family member finally became PM. Rotten timing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 17, 2017 30 years since Santo Trafficante went swimming with the fishes, aged 72. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted March 17, 2017 John Backus, the man behind the development of FORTRAN, and developer of Backus-Naur Form, died 10 years ago today, aged 82. STOP END 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 17, 2017 Jermaine Stewart stopped singing on this day 20 years ago, aged 39. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted March 17, 2017 5 years since the death of John Demjanjuk, aged 91. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 18, 2017 10 years since stumps for Bob Woolmer, aged 58. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 18, 2017 William Crapo Durant made his last business on this day 70 years ago, aged 85. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 19, 2017 Willem de Kooning stopped painting on this day 20 years ago, aged 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 19, 2017 10 years since Luther Ingram lost his soul, aged 69. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted March 19, 2017 Calvert DeForest stopped acting 10 years ago today, aged 85. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 20, 2017 20 years since Tony Zale couldn't beat the count, aged 83. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 20, 2017 Sociologist C. Wright Mills died on this day 55 years ago, aged 45. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted March 21, 2017 The last act for Robert Preston on this day 30 years ago, aged 68. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted March 21, 2017 20 years since Reverend W. Awdry pulled out of the station for the last time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted March 21, 2017 Biggest death in 1997 imo. Don't think anything else of note happened that year, bar Burgess of course. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
