Sir Creep 7,069 Posted January 6, 2018 Rudolf Nureyev defected to heaven 25 years ago (54). On the same day, 25 years ago, Dizzy Gillespie's (75) cheeks deflated once and for all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 6, 2018 John D. Macarthur became penniless on this day 40 years ago, aged 80. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 7, 2018 75 years since Nikola Tesla became completely powerless. He liked to feed the pigeons, though it is not known if he also fed the sparrows, nor if it gave him an enormous sense of well-being. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 7, 2018 Trevor Howard stopped acting on this day 30 years ago, aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 7, 2018 No more adventures for Osa Johnson after this day 65 years ago, aged 88. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 8, 2018 Fifteen years ago Ron Goodwin, composer & conductor died in his sleep aged 77. (insert obvious pun here). He's particularly rememberd for his war film scores... but also wrote the score for Hitchcock's Frenzy, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, and the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple films, amongst others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 8, 2018 Today was never for Kay Sage 55 years ago, aged 64. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 9, 2018 Johnny Grant was proudly welcome to the walk of death on this day 10 years ago, aged 84. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,210 Posted January 10, 2018 It’s been two years since David Bowie became the man who fell under earth aged 69. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,692 Posted January 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Joey Russ said: It’s been two years since David Bowie became the man who fell under earth aged 69. ...And that began 2016's celebrity onslaught. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 10, 2018 Five years since Funky Claude stopped running in and out pulling kids out of the ground, succumbing to injuries suffered as a result of a skiing accident, aged 76. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 10, 2018 Roy DeMeo went swimming with the fishes on this day 35 years ago, aged 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,919 Posted January 11, 2018 It's been 10 years since Sir Edmund Hillary reached the top and had to stop, aged 88. Perhaps we could mark this anniversary by tagging his thread as "dead". https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/6234-edmund-hillary/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 11, 2018 Thomas Hardy got permanently far from the madding crowd on this day 90 years ago, aged 87. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted January 11, 2018 On 19/08/2017 at 00:52, themaninblack said: Groucho Marx died 40 years ago today... "I intend to live forever, or die trying." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted January 11, 2018 No anthem was played at Francis Scott Key's funeral 175 years ago (63). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 11, 2018 Pappy Boyington went down on this day 30 years ago, aged 75. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 12, 2018 Tragedy for Maurice Gibb on this day 15 years ago, aged 53. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 13, 2018 Fifty years ago, Minnesota North Stars player Bill Masterton became the first, and to-date only, NHL player to die as a result of an in-play injury. He died two days after being checked during play against the Oakland Seals, aged 29. It was his death that opened the debate on making the wearing of helmets compulsory. The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is presented each year in his memory. A short film about him and the incident. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 13, 2018 A tad out there, but bear with me, I quite like history. The Carolingian Emperor and King of, as it were, France, died on this day 1,130 years ago. The great-grandson of the renown Frankish King and everybody's daddy, Charlemagne, he was rather a maladroit regal figure; he was always, always ill, so was seen as rather a weak representative by surrounding regions. He tried to keep the peace with the same bunch of pillaging Vikings that acquired much loot from the large city of Paris just before he succeeded to the throne, which went so well he subsequently oversaw the Siege of Paris, essentially a 9th century version of a thermonuclear takeover. This is about 4 years after he failed his own poxy attempt at a siege on a Provencale nobleman. He only had one 'heir', who ultimately wasn't actually accepted as such thanks to his unfortunate illegitimacy. Soon after he gave up on his mission to get his bastard son to the throne, his marriage failed, his support in the Kingdom of the East Franks flatlined, his nephew formed a Germanic-stemmed rebellion against this sorry excuse of a ruler and the poor old incumbent was too ill and inept to do anything about it. He died at his German retreat aged 48, six weeks after his reign of East & West Francia, Aquitaine, Alemannia, Italy and the Romans all collapsed in November 887. Subsequently, all regions he once reigned split into five less truculent successor kingdoms, so his deposition was very much a vast turning point in the Frankish empire, and a step towards the France we know and hate today. His name? Charles the Fat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 13, 2018 The last act for Arthur Space on this day 35 years ago, aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 14, 2018 It was Avada Kedavra for legendary actor Alan Rickman on this day 2 years ago, aged 69. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 14, 2018 Five years ago, Conrad Bain died as a result of complications following a Diff'rent Stroke, aged 89. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 14, 2018 Lewis Carroll went to wonderland on this day 120 years ago, aged 65. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 15, 2018 Roger Lloyd-Pack's last Dave on Earth was 4 years ago today. He was 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
