Death Anniversary Thread

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American lawyer Melvin Belli died on this day 25 years ago, aged 88.

 

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Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born film actor, best known for his performances in two great epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", died in a Cairo hospital on this date in 2015.
Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was 83 years old.
Sharif also appeared in the films "Mayerling", "Funny Girl", "Juggernaut" or "The Night of the Generals".

 

 

He won a Golden Globe for his role in "Lawrence of Arabia". It was his first English-language performance after appearing in over 20 Egyptian films.
Even in his final years, Sharif never forgot how his mother smacked his backside with a slipper every day until he was 14.
Omar Sharif was buried at the El Shafie cemetery in Cairo.

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Surprisingly not mentioned on this thread before, Mike Pratt died on this date 45 years ago.

 

Of course he was Randall in Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased), but also co-wrote songs including A Handful Of Songs. 

 

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American singer Gerome Ragni died on this day 30 years ago, aged 55.

 

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Voice artist Mel Blanc was muted after this day 32 years ago, aged 81.

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George Gershwin, one of the greatest composers and songwriters of all time known for popular songs as well as classical compositions, died of a glioblastoma of the right temporal lobe on this date in 1937.
He was 38 years old.
Gershwin had been in psychoanalytical care for some time and was hospitalized a few weeks before his death.

 

 

He created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden.
The opera Porgy and Bess was one of his creations.
George Gershwin was buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery at Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester, New York, where his mausoleum is still visited.

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American actor Barnard Hughes died on this day 15 years ago, aged 90.

 

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Olga Guillot, the legendary Cuban singer who became the first Latin artist to perform at famed Carnegie Hall in New York City's and known as the "queen of bolero", died at Miami Beach's Mount Sinai Medical Center on this date in 2010.
Death was attributed to a heart attack.
She was 86 years old.
At 20, Guillot performed with Edith Piaf.

 

 

She left Cuba in 1962, two years after the start of the communist revolution.
Over the years, Guillot recorded 14 records that went gold and 10 platinum.
She also participated in more than 20 films.
Her albums are prohibited in Cuba. The Latin Grammy winner remained a strong critic of Fidel Castro and his policies towards Cuban residents.

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Its 42 years since the death of Minnie Riperton. She's best known for her hit "Lovin' you", which reached number in the UK in 1975.

Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1976, she died three years later, aged 31.

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British archaeologist Gertrude Bell died on this day 95 years ago, aged 57.

 

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Richard D. Zanuck, successful film producer and youngest studio head of production in history, died at his Beverly Hills home on this date in 2012.
Death was attributed to a heart attack.
He was 77 years old.
Zanuck was the son of the co-founder and head of 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck and the silent-film star Virginia Fox.

 

 

He produced two Steven Spielberg's early films, "The Sugarland Express" and "Jaws".
Zanuck worked with Tim Burton six times.
He also produced such box office hits as "Cocoon" and "Driving Miss Daisy" for which he won an Oscar for.
Richard D. Zanuck also was awarded the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and the Producers Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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American photographer Alfred Stieglitz died on this day 75 years ago, aged 82.

 

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William Henry McCarty Jr. or William H. Bonney (the name he used at the height of his notoriety), popularly known as Billy the Kid, one of the most infamous gunfighters and outlaws of the American West, reputed to have killed at least 27 men, died of a gunshot wound at Ft. Sumner in the New Mexico Territory on this date in 1881.
He was 21 years old.

 

 

Billy went to his friend Pete Maxwell's home. Sheriff Pat Garrett was questioning Maxwell. Garrett and Billy were armed. But Garrett shot first, killing Billy.
Billy was buried in Fort Sumner's military cemetery. A tombstone was later erected over the grave with a word of "Pals" carved into it. The tombstone has been stolen three times since it was set in place in the 40's and the gravesite is now enclosed within a steel cage.

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American physicist Kenneth Bainbridge died on this day 25 years ago, aged 91.

 

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Celeste Holm, the American film, stage and television actress, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital with dehydration, where she suffered a heart attack; the actress died two days later at her Central Park West apartment on this date in 2012.
She was 95 years old.
One of her best remembered films is "All About Eve" with Bette Davis.

 

 

Holm took the stage in 27 Broadway productions.
Her other well-known performances included "High Society" and "The Tender Trap".
She earned Oscar and Golden Globe for her supporting role of a fashion editor in the drama film "Gentleman's Agreement".
Celeste was active in various social causes, including being a spokeswoman for UNICEF.

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American harness driver and trainer Billy Haughton died on this day 35 years ago, aged 62.

 

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George A. Romero, American-Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his contributions to the horror genre and for his gruesome and satirical zombie films, died after a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer on this date in 2017.
He was 77 years old.
After graduating from college, the future film director began his career shooting short films.

 

 

Romero formed Image Ten Productions in the 60's.
This is the production company that produced "Night of the Living Dead" (1968).
Directed by George A. Romero, the film became a cult classic of the horror cinema.
He was nicknamed the "Godfather" of all zombies.
Romero was buried in Toronto where he lived the last decade of his life.

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American professional wrestler Terry Gordy died on this day 20 years ago, aged 40.

 

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Walter Cronkite, American CBS anchorman, journalist and pioneer of television news programs who became known as "the most trusted man in America", died at his home of disease involving blood vessels in the brain on this date in 2009.
He was 92 years old.
In 1963, Walter Cronkite reported the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

 

 

A decade later, he took a call delivering the news of Lyndon B. Johnson's death live on-air.
In 1968, Cronkite told the world about Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.
Walter Cronkite was buried in Kansas City, Missouri, where he spent some time early in his career as a broadcaster at KCMO radio station, reading news and summarizing football games.

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American publisher Katharine Graham died on this day 20 years ago, aged 84.

 

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Jack Hawkins was one of the most distinctive, durable and versatile British film and stage actors.
He was diagnosed with throat cancer and had to have his larynx removed. This should have finished his career but he continued to film with his voice dubbed.
He died from complications following an operation to install an artificial voice box on this date in 1973.
Jack Hawkins was 62 years old.

 

 

The London-born actor appeared on stage from the age of 13 and in films from 1930.
Of his many film credits, some of his most memorable roles were in "The Black Rose" (1950), "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Zulu" (1964).
Jack Hawkins was cremated and his ashes interred at Golders Green Crematorium in north London.

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American singer Bobby Fuller died on this day 55 years ago, aged 23.

 

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James Garner, American Hollywood actor known for his acting skills in films and television, died of a heart attack on this date in 2014.
He was 86 years old.
Garner, who built a six-decade career playing ruggedly charming, good-natured anti-heroes and received the highest honor of the Screen Actors Guild in 2004, was found dead at his Los Angeles home.

 

 

The Rockford Files star has starred in more than fifty films, including "The Americanization of Emily", "Move Over, Darling", "The Great Escape", "36 Hours", "Grand Prix", "Duel at Diablo", "Marlowe", "They Only Kill Their Masters", "Space Cowboys" and "The Notebook".
The three-time Golden Globe winner had reportedly underwent a quintuple bypass heart surgery in 1988 and suffered a minor stroke in 2008.

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American character actor Jack Warden died on this day 15 years ago, aged 85.

 

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American actress Helen Craig died on this day 35 years ago, aged 74.