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American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art Andy Warhol died on this day 35 years ago, aged 58.

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American animator, voice actor, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros Chuck Jones died on this day 20 years ago, 89.

 

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510 years ago came the death of Amerigo Vespucci (age 60), the person for whom the greatest country in the world was named five years earlier.

 

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American mobster Joey Aiuppa died on this day 25 years ago, aged 89.

 

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6th Us President of the united states John Quincy Adams died on this day 174 years ago, aged 80.

 

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One of the finest players to represent Stoke City died 15 years ago today, aged 65.

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He's Stoke's all-time leading scorer, with 176 in 347 appearances.

 

He died exactly seven years after another Stoke legend, Stanley Matthews.

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American jazz drumer Tony Williams died on this day 25 years ago, aged 51.

 

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American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the succes of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights Katherine Johnson died on this day 2 years ago, aged 101.

 

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American actor and comedian Don Knotts died on this day 16 years ago, aged 81.

 

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English Professional footballer Bobby Moore died on this day 29 years ago, aged 51.

 

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American singer, actress and television personality, and the top charting female vocalist in the 1940s Dinah Shore died on this day 28 years ago, aged 77.

 

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American actor and former president of the Screens Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death Dennis Weaver died on this day 16 years ago, aged 81.

 

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Poor old Johnnie Ray died on this day 32 years ago, aged 63.

 

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American composer and violinist Leroy Jenkins died on this day 15 years ago, aged 74.

 

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Australian international cricketer Donald Bradman died on this day 21 years ago, aged 92.

 

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Egyptian military and politicial leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 Hosni Mubarak died on this day 2 years ago, aged 91.

 

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American actor, filmmaker and musician Bill Paxton died on this day 5 years ago, aged 61.

 

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American gangster Bugs Moran died on this day 65 years ago, aged 63.

 

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Papua New Guinean politician Michael Somare died on this day a year ago, aged 84.

 

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American judge and television personality Joseph Wapner died on this day 5 years ago, aged 97.

 

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Japanase filmmaker Teinosuke Kinugasa died on this day 40 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Louis Vuitton was at the end of his thread 130 years ago (70).

 

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American television host, author, producer and presbyterian minister Fred Rogers died on this day 19 years ago, aged 74.

 

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American actor, author, film director, singer, and photographer who achieved international fame for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years; from two pilot episodes in 1964 and 1965 to his final film performance in 2013 Leonard Nimoy died on this day 7 years ago, aged 83.

 

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American actress, director and screenwriter Lillian Gish died on this day 29 years ago, aged 99.

 

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United states army corporal and the last surviving American Military veteran of World War I Frank Buckles died on this day 11 years ago, aged 110.

 

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prominent virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War and the father of James Madison, James Madison Sr. died on this day 221 years ago, aged 77.

 

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American jazz drummer and band leader, Bobby Rosengarden, died on this day 15 years ago, aged 82.

 

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American actress, singer, and model Jane Russell died on this day 11 years ago, aged 89.

 

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American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions George Kennedy died on this day 6 years ago, aged 91.

 

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American comedian Chic Johnson died on this day 60 years ago, aged 70.

 

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English actor and singer Jack Wild died on this day 16 years ago, aged 53.

 

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American business executive, chemical engineer and writer Jack Welch died on this day 2 years ago, aged 84.

 

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American actor and comedian Jackie Coogan died on this day 38 years ago, aged 69.

 

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American actor Eddie Firestone died on this day 15 years ago, aged 86.

 

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British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922 Howard Carter died on this day 83 years ago, aged 64.

 

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Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist Bunny Wailer died on this day a year ago, aged 73.

 

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American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick died on this day 40 years ago, aged 53.

 

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1 hour ago, The Ashes Urn said:

American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick died on this day 40 years ago, aged 53.

 

Taken too soon.  We could have enjoyed a lot more Dick.

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Dusty Springfield died on this day 23 years ago, aged 59.

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