The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 11, 2017 Stories ended for Edith Wharton on this day 80 years ago, aged 75. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 11, 2017 Merv Griffin would not be right back after this message 10 years ago, aged 82. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 12, 2017 English painter William Blake became a member of the original '27 Club'.....1827 that is, 190 years ago, age 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 12, 2017 Henry Fonda was carried away by 6 angry men this day 35 years ago, age 77. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 13, 2017 HOLY COW -- Phil Rizzuto died this day 10 years ago, age 89 And keeping the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry going, Johnny Pesky died this same day 5 years ago, age 93. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 13, 2017 Brooke Astor, broken on this day 10 years ago, aged 105. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 14, 2017 Former U.S. First Lady, Margaret Taylor, died on this day 165 years ago, aged 73. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 14, 2017 Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame died this day 25 years ago, age 88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,709 Posted August 14, 2017 The greatest ever ten-pin bowler, Earl Anthony, split today in 2001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 15, 2017 Bob Birch killed himself on this day 5 years ago, aged 56. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 15, 2017 Out, out, brief candle! Macbeth, King of Scotland - 960 years ago, approx age 42. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 604 Posted August 15, 2017 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman lost his head on this day 42 years ago, aged 55. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 15, 2017 End of the Jailhouse Rock for Elvis Presley on this day 40 years ago, aged 42. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,330 Posted August 15, 2017 Joao Havelange has taken his last bribe at 100 on this day, 1 year ago today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,689 Posted August 16, 2017 10 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Joao Havelange has taken his last bribe at 100 on this day, 1 year ago today. As someone who was on my dreadful 2013 DDP team, you can imagine my shock that he was actually able to die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 16, 2017 John II Megas Komnenos (John II of Trebizond) died 720 years ago, age (approx) 35. I was intrigued by the 'of Trebizond', having never heard of Trebizond, and now I learned me sumptin. It's in the region of modern day Turkey. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 17, 2017 The world became a cleanest place with the death of Rudolf Hess on this day 30 years ago, aged 93. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 604 Posted August 17, 2017 Arthur Hiller stopped directing on this day one year ago, aged 92. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 18, 2017 Genghis Khan died on this day 790 years ago, aged 65. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,709 Posted August 18, 2017 Indian radical, national hero, big ol' racist and Penfold lookalike Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash/was kidnapped by Commies and tortured to death today in 1945 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,321 Posted August 18, 2017 30 years ago in Hungerford, Berkshire, Michael Ryan shot 16 people dead, wounded many more, and finally killed himself. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/hungerford_massacre https://web.archive.org/web/20060104044543/http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 18, 2017 Groucho Marx died 40 years ago today... 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 19, 2017 Tony Scott stopped being unstoppable on this day 5 years ago, aged 68. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,368 Posted August 20, 2017 The jokes ended for Phyllis Diller on this day 5 years ago, aged 95. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,092 Posted August 20, 2017 The Queen of Mean, Leona Helmsley, thought that her dying this day 10 years ago (age 87) would make people stop thinking she was a cunt. She was wrong. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
