time 8,575 Posted January 15, 2018 I refer you to my post of Saturday 13-1-18. That was the day of the accident; today is the fiftieth anniversary of Masterton's death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 15, 2018 Meyer Lansky went swimming with the fishes on this day 35 years ago, aged 80. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 16, 2018 Glenn Corbett came to the end of the route on this day 25 years ago, aged 59. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 16, 2018 Eugene Cernan took his final walk on the moon on this day one year ago, aged 82. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted January 17, 2018 5 years ago today, Mugabe deputy John Nkomo died at the age of 78, in turn giving me my first DDP hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 17, 2018 Checkmate for Bobby Fischer on this day 10 years ago, aged 64. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted January 17, 2018 Johnny Otis took the final beat of his heart today in 2002. This book is probably not how he'd want to be remembered: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,691 Posted January 17, 2018 Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh died on this day 21 years ago. He was later cremated, and some of his ashes were placed in the space probe New Horizons. 9 and a half years after launch, the spacecraft flew past Tombaugh's most famous and important discovery - Pluto. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 18, 2018 It was a dark and stormy night* back in 1873 when Edward Bulwer-Lytton, novelist, playwright, poet, politician, succumbed to post-operative complications of an operation to cure his deafness, aged 69, thus demonstrating the pain is mightier than the sword. *disclaimer - it might not have been stormy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 18, 2018 Chancellor of the Excheque-Out for CofE and latterly Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell on this day 55 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 18, 2018 The Sheik was defeated on this day 15 years ago, aged 78. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,691 Posted January 18, 2018 The Three Stooges became The Two Stooges when Curly Howard died on this day 66 years ago, aged 48. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 19, 2018 Carl Perkins wore his blue suede shoes for the last time on this day 20 years ago, aged 65. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 20, 2018 Etta James realised “...and here we are in heaven” 6 years ago today. My Nan loved her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted January 20, 2018 Ah, she also became my first ever DDP success in the process! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted January 20, 2018 I always get her visually confused with Eartha Kitt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 20, 2018 No more diamonds for Audrey Hepburn after this day 25 years ago, aged 63. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 21, 2018 Louis XVI lost his head on this day 225 years ago, aged 38. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,691 Posted January 21, 2018 George Orwell wasn't even close to making it to nineteen eighty-four, dying on this day in 1950 (aged 46). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,352 Posted January 22, 2018 What's that, Joker? You'll be back? Somehow, I don't think you will be... Heath Ledger died 10 years ago today. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,691 Posted January 22, 2018 LBJ went all the way to heaven on this day 45 years ago, aged 64. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted January 22, 2018 "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell died today in 1995. One of the top big men workers in wrestling history. He was one of Vince McMahon's top picks for his national expansion roster, but Blackwell got bored waiting to record his first TV interview with Titan and he quit the promotion before he had technically joined. Surely would have been a Hulk Hogan opponent at Wrestlemania if he'd just stuck around five more minutes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 22, 2018 The final touchdown for Joe Paterno on this day 6 years ago, aged 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 22, 2018 The last cutback for Duke Kahanamoku on this day 50 years ago, aged 77. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,353 Posted January 23, 2018 The last blues for Kid Ory on this day 45 years ago, aged 86. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
