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American comedian and actor Lou Costello died on this day 63 years ago, aged 52.

 

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New Zealand cricketer, test and ODI captain as well as a commentator Martin Crowe died on this day 6 years ago, aged 53.

 

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Canadian actor Robert Beatty died on this day 30 years ago, aged 82.

 

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11-time DeathList alumnus Michael Foot died on this day 12 years ago, aged 96.

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American actor Luke Perry died on this day 3 years ago, aged 52.

 

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Canadian actor and comedian John Candy died on this day 28 years ago, aged 43.

 

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Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991 Javier Perez de Cuellar died on this day 2 years ago, aged 100.

 

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Its now 12 years since Fred Wedlock became the deadest swinger in town.

 

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American jazz guitarist and guitar manufacturer, Mary Osborne, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 70.

 

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Georgian revolutionary and soviet political and military leader Joseph Stalin died on this day 69 years ago, aged 74.

 

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American singer Patsy Cline died on this day 59 years ago, aged 30.

 

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American professional wrestling manager and licensed funeral director Paul Bearer died on this day 9 years ago, aged 58.

 

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American comedian, actor and musician John Belushi died on this day 40 years ago, aged 33.

 

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Venezuelan politician who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013 Hugo Chavez died on this day 9 years ago, aged 58.

 

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Five Bostonians were killed in an instance of police brutality on this day 252 years ago.

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Samuel Gray, 51

Samuel Maverick, 17

James Caldwell, 17

Crispus Attucks, 47

Patrick Carr, 31

 

This incident would later be known as the "Boston Massacre", and served as one of the catalysts for the beginning of the American Revolution.

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American author Samm Sinclair Baker died on this day 25 years ago, aged 87.

 

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American film actress and first lady of the united states Nancy Reagan died on this day 6 years ago, aged 94.

 

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American actress Elvia Allman died on this day 30 years ago, aged 87.

 

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Singer and actor Nelson Eddy died on this day 55 years ago, aged 65.

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American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer Stanley Kubrick died on this day 23 years ago, aged 70.

 

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American country music songwriter and recording artist Pee Wee King died on this day 22 years ago, aged 86.

 

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American politician who served as the United States representatives of Texas’s 4th congressional district from 1981 to 2015 Ralph Hall died on this day 3 years ago, aged 95

 

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British writer, painter and critic, Wyndham Lewis, died on this day 65 years ago, aged 74.

 

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13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore died on this day 148 years ago, aged 74.

 

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American baseball center fielder Joe DiMaggio died on this day 23 years ago, aged 84.

 

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27th President of the united states William Howard Taft died on this day 92 years ago, aged 72.

 

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Swedish-French actor Max von Sydow died on this day 2 years ago, aged 90.

 

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American director, producer, writer, animal rights, activist, philanthropist, who co-developed the television series The Simpsons Sam Simon died on this day 7 years ago, aged 59.

 

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9 minutes ago, Hell said:

13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore died on this day 148 years ago, aged 74.

 

 

After losing office he contested the next presidential election for the Know-Nothing Party - at least they were honest about it!

 

(he finished third well behind the Dems and the Reps). 

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Canadian professional ice hockey player, Howie Morenz, died on this day 85 years ago, aged 34.

 

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William III turned an oranger shade of Orange 320 years ago (51).

 

 

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It's now 19 years since Adam Faith died, and Channel 5 still hasn't improved.

 

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Harold Lloyd was out of time on this day 51 years ago, aged 77.

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American rapper and songwriter The Notorious B.I.G. has been assassinated on this day 25 years ago, aged 24.

 

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American comedian, actor, singer and writer George Burns died on this day 26 years ago, aged 100

 

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American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Brad Delp, died on this day 15 years ago, aged 55.

 

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American abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman died on this day 109 years ago, aged 93.

 

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Canadian actor Corey Haim died on this day 12 years ago, aged 38.

 

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American socialite, novelist, and painter Zelda Fitzgerald died on this day 74 years ago, aged 47.

 

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Just now, Hell said:

abolitionist

 

My brain always reads that word as "abortionist".

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American R&B singer LaVern Baker died on this day 25 years ago, aged 67.

 

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