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Unlikely pearly gates mates #387, both dying on this day in 1987, Maria von Trapp, age 82 & Patrick Troughton age 67.

 

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On this day in 1992 actor Paul Henreid died aged 84.

He starred in a number of classic Hollywood movies including  Casablanca and Now, Voyager. 

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American actress and mental health advocate Patty Duke died on this day 6 years ago, aged 69.

 

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Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official Joyce Cary died on this day 65 years ago, aged 68.

 

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On this day in 2014  british actress  Kate O'Mara  died aged 74.

She acted in a range of genres and mediums but was most prominent latterly  for starring in television soap operas including Dynasty playing the onscreen sister of Joan Collins character Alexis, Howards Way as businesswoman  Laura Wilde and flop 1970s soap Triangle. 

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2 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

On this day in 2014  british actress  Kate O'Mara  died aged 74.

She acted in a range of genres and mediums but was most prominent latterly  for starring in television soap operas including Dynasty playing the onscreen sister of Joan Collins character Alexis, Howards Way as businesswoman  Laura Wilde and flop 1970s soap Triangle. 

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You failed to mention her star turn cosplaying Bonnie Langford

 

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American singer songwriter and musician Bill Withers died on this day 2 years ago, aged 81.

 

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American actor Bobby Driscoll died on this day 54 years ago, aged 31.

 

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Eighteen years since singer Timi Yuro died aged 63, succumbing to throat cancer. 

 

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died on this day 20 years ago, aged 101.

Chris Ship on Twitter: "Despite his impressive age, Prince Philip is only  (!) the third oldest royal in British history:  Queen Elizabeth, the  Queen Mother lived until 101.  The Queen's

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American actor Peter Whitney died on this day 50 years ago, aged 55.

 

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image.thumb.png.d6b1bd4c26e6d90c2e843418cdaba05a.pngOn this day in 1980  , american Olympic athlete Jesse Owens who won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics, died aged 66.

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Canadian-American actor Gene Lockhart died on this day 65 years ago, aged 65.

 

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American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress and fashion designer Selena Quintanilla died on this day 27 years ago, aged 23.

 

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American rapper Nipsey Hussle died on this day 3 years ago, aged 33.

 

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American actor and martial artist Brandon Lee died on this day 29 years ago, aged 28.

 

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7th vice president of the united states John C. Calhoun died on this day 172 years ago, aged 68.

 

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Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer Ronnie Corbett died on this day 6 years ago, aged 85.

 

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On this day in 1984 legendary motown singer and songwriter  Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father in Los Angeles when he tried to intervene in a heated  family  argument. 

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African-American composer and pianist Scott Joplin died on this day 105 years ago, aged 48.

 

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First wife of John Lennon and the mother of Julian Lennon Cynthia Lennon died on this day 7 years ago, aged 75.

 

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American modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham died on this day 31 years ago, aged 96.

 

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American surgeon and medical researcher Charles R. Drew died on this day 72 years ago, aged 45.

 

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"The White Death" Simo Häyhä, legendary Finnish sniper who killed around 500 men during the 1939-1940 Winter War died on this day 20 years ago on the 1st of April 2002, aged 96.

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Its twelve yeras since actor John Forsythe died aged 92. As well as his portrayal of Blake Carrington in Dynasty, opposite Joan Collins, he's best remembered as the eponymous Charlie from Charlie's Angels; never seen, his voice was heard at the opening of every episode.

 

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Barbara Luddy one of the Disney voice legends and actress of films and TV Shows died on this day, 43 years before at 70 from lung cancer in 1979 

 

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Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of two kings (Louis VII of France and Henry II of England) and mother of two kings (Richard the Lionheart and King John) died on this day 818 years ago, aged 82.

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Hungarian-American author Ferenc Molnár died on this day 70 years ago, aged 74.

 

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On this day in 1992 Spanish footballer  Juanito who played for the national team during his career, died aged 37 in a traffic accident. 

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Its 19 years since Edwin Starr died from a heart attack, aged 61. A big hit on the Northern Soul circuit, he settled in Nottingham and is buried there. Of his 3 top-ten UK hits, this is his biggest, reaching number 3 in 1970.

 

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American inventor and painter Samuel Morse died on this day 150 years ago, aged 80.

 

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French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974 Georges Pompidou died on this day 48 years ago, aged 62.

 

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