The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted January 27, 2021 End of the traviata for Giuseppe Verdi on this day 120 years ago, aged 87. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted January 28, 2021 End of the game for Red Grange on this day 30 years ago, aged 87. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted January 29, 2021 Leif Erickson left the chaparral on this day 35 years ago, aged 74. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted January 30, 2021 No more physics for John Bardeen after this day 30 years ago, aged 82. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted January 31, 2021 On 24/01/2021 at 15:12, time said: Also just over a hundred years ago, one-time Inspector of Drains Percy French died aged 65. He was one of Ireland's most gifted polymaths, an accomplished songwriter, and entertainer, and later was recognised as a gifted watercolourist. Exactly a week after French's death, his songwriting partner Houston Collisson died, aged 54. Their most famous joint composition is "The Mountains O' Mourne". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted January 31, 2021 End of the story for A. A. Milne on this day 65 years ago, aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 1, 2021 Mary Shelley died on this day 170 years ago, aged 53. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 2, 2021 Louise Lorraine left the big screen on this day 40 years ago, aged 76. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,290 Posted February 3, 2021 This day in 1959 Buddy Holly, Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) and Richie Valens (La Bamba) were killed in a plane crash, a date later immortalised as 'the day the music died' in Don McLeans's American Pie. I'm sure you all know what Buddy Holly looks like (and if not, why not?). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,089 Posted February 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: This day in 1959 Buddy Holly, Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) and Richie Valens (La Bamba) were killed in a plane crash, a date later immortalised as 'the day the music died' in Don McLeans's American Pie. I'm sure you all know what Buddy Holly looks like (and if not, why not?). It depends. Were you talking about how he looked before or after the crash? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 3, 2021 Nancy Kulp died on this day 30 years ago, aged 69. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted February 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, The Ashes Urn said: Nancy Kulp died on this day 30 years ago, aged 69. Would you like me to show you around the rest of the forum and show you all of the other threads that you can post in too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 4, 2021 Thirty nine years since Alex Harvey became less sensational, dying on his way to perform in Belgium, one day before his 47th birthday 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 4, 2021 Betty Friedan wasn't mystique anymore after this day 15 years ago, aged 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 5, 2021 Final act for George Arliss on this day 75 years ago, aged 77. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 6, 2021 Guy Madison died on this day 25 years ago, aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 7, 2021 End of the story for Anne Morrow Lindbergh on this day 20 years ago, aged 94. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 8, 2021 Exactly 100 years ago today muisc hall artiste George Formby died from tuberculosis, aged 45. His lungs had been badly affected by an accident in 1916 and he was further weakened by the 1918 flu pandemic. Several of his ideas were later adopted by his son. Charlie Chaplin's tramp character was also based on Formby's work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 8, 2021 Connie Mack died on this day 65 years ago, aged 93. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 9, 2021 No more rock around the clock for Bill Haley after this day 40 years ago, aged 55. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 10, 2021 Final act for Brian Aherne on this day 35 years ago, aged 83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 11, 2021 Twenty-one years since Aldwyn Roberts alias Lord Kitchener, died aged 77. A Trinidadian Calypsonian, he arrived in the UK in 1948 on the Empire Windrush, singing this on his arrival. He remained in the UK for 14 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 11, 2021 The jaws were closed for Peter Benchley on this day 15 years ago, aged 65. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted February 12, 2021 Actor Sal Mineo died on this day 45 years ago, aged 37. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 13, 2021 138 years since Richard Wagner started decomposing (Yes, its just an excuse to post the film clip). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
