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No more Monkee business for Peter Tork on this day a year ago, aged 77.

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Scottish geologist Charles Lyell died on this day 145 years ago, aged 77.

 

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Stan Laurel got in a big mess on this day 55 years ago, aged 74.

 

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Harold Ramis, star of Ghostbusters and director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, died today in 2014 aged 69.

 

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Harold Ramis, star of Ghostbusters and director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, died today in 2014 aged 69.

 

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Its 75 years since Josef Mayr-Nusser died of dysentery on his way to Dachau.

 

He was an Italian Roman Catholic who had been drafted into the Nazi army but refused to recite the Hitler oath, for which he was sentenced to death. He was on his way to face a firing squad when he fell and died.

 

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28 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Harold Ramis, star of Ghostbusters and director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, died today in 2014 aged 69.

 

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28 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Harold Ramis, star of Ghostbusters II and director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, died today in 2014 aged 69.

 

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Robert Fulton, inventor of the first commercial steamboat, died on this day 205 years ago, aged 49.

 

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Elijah Muhammad stopped his preaching on this day 45 years ago, aged 77.

 

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JT Walsh didn't start acting until he was 40, then managed to fit 77 movies and TV shows into 14 years before dying today, aged 54, in 1998. 

 

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Leonard Nimoy, who lived long and prospered, died on this day 5 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Cuauhtémoc, the last aztec emperor, died on this day 495 years ago, aged 28.

 

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FBI agent Melvin Purvis killed himself on this day 60 years ago, aged 56.

 

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Dutch-American model Wilhelmina Cooper died on this day 40 years ago, aged 40.

 

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Final stanza for D. H. Lawrence on this day 90 years ago, aged 44.

 

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Howard W. Hunter, president of LDS church, died on this day 25 years ago, aged 87.

 

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Eden Ahbez, composer of the song Nature Boy, died on this day 25 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Viv Stanshall's untimely end, aged 51, 25 years ago today, following a fire as he slept.

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Final stanza for Edgar Lee Masters on this day 70 years ago, aged 81.

 

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Judgement day for Lord Denning 21 years ago, aged 100.

 

 

 

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States, died on this day 85 years ago, aged 93.

 

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No more paintings for Georgia O'Keeffe after this day 34 years ago, aged 98.

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End of the story for Debra Hill on this day 15 years ago, aged 54.

 

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