Death Anniversary Thread

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6 hours ago, Sinbabad said:

His father was Henry II, king of England from 1154 to 1989. His brothers were kings : Richard I « Lionheart » from 1189 to 1199 and John « Lackland » from 1199 to 1216

And to think the Brits were celebrating The Queen's Platinum Jubilee last year. Compared to Henry's 835 years on the throne, Elizabeth had barely just begun! 

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8 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Æthelflæd, the first woman who was an ass-kicking and who led Mercia to greatness, died 1105 years ago (48).

 

 

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Norma Shearer died 40 years ago in Los Angeles at the age of 80, was born in Montreal, nominated 6 times for an Oscar, won a best actress in 1930 for The Divorced. Shearer has been called the First Lady of MGM.

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Japanese supercentenarian Jiroemon Kimura died on this day 10 years ago, aged 116.

 

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American character actor Philip Baker Hall died on this day a year ago, aged 90. Hall is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (1999). He also starred in leading roles in films, such as Secret Honor (1984) and Duck (2005). Hall had supporting roles in many films, including Midnight Run (1988), Say Anything... (1989), The Truman Show (1998). The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Insider (1999), The Contender (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), Dogville (2003), Zodiac (2007), 50/50 (2011), and Argo (2012). He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his role in Hard Eight and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performances by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Boogie Nights and Magnolia.

 

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Benny Goodman died on this day 37 years ago, aged 77.

- Goodman received his first musical training at his local synagogue, when he was ten years old.

- Goodman's first recording, "He’s the Last Word", was released in 1926- this recording included fellow bandleader Glenn Miller (of "In the Mood" fame). He was known for working in several genres, particularly jazz, bebop, and swing.

- Throughout the 1930s, Goodman had several top 10 singles (of a chart I don't know- it wasn't Billboard though) with compositions such as "Ain't Cha Glad?", "I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin'", and "Riffin' the Scotch", with the latter's vocalist being Billie Holiday. He is often referred to as the "King of Swing" for his successful career.

- Goodman became the leader of his own big band in 1936. He was revolutionary for the time by having it racially integrated- among its members was Lionel Hampton; he collaborated with Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

- Goodman was also known for being the host of the radio shows Let's Dance and Camel Caravan.

- Despite the decline of the big band following World War II, Goodman would perform up to his death- his last show was six days before he died.

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Ewald Dytko was born in Germany in Zalenze and died 30 years ago in Katowice, he was a footballer who represented Poland in the 1938 World Cup and in the 1936 Olympics,he died aged 78

Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi died 10 years ago at the age of 41, he was a Saudi footballer born and died in Jeddah, the third player with the most matches played (142 between 1990 and 2001), having scored just one goal, in the 1996 Olympics, against Australia. With Falcões do Deserto's jersey, he played in ten official tournaments: the 1994 and 1998 Cups, the King Fahd Cups (the embryo of the Confederations Cup) in 1992 and 1995, the aforementioned Confederations Cup in 1997 and 1999, three editions of the Asian Cup (1992, 1996 - where he was champion - and 2000), in addition to the 1996 Olympics. He became known in the 1998 Cup for causing the expulsion of Zinédine Zidane in the game between France and Saudi Arabia, in which the French star stepped on the defender and got a red card

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American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman Jimmy Dean died on this day 13 years ago, aged 81. He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957. He rose to fame for his 1961 country music crossover hit into rock and roll with "Big Bad John" and his 1963 television series The Jimmy Dean Show gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national exposure with his character, Rowlf. His acting career included appearing in the early seasons in the Daniel Boone TV series as the sidekick of the famous frontiersman played by star Fess Parker. Later he was on the big screen in a supporting role as billionaire Willard Whyte in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1973), starring Sean Connery. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials.

 

 

Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach on three occasions from 1979 to 1981, March to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992 Charles Haughey died on this day 17 years ago, aged 80. Haughey was first elected to Dáil Éireann as Fianna Fáil TD in 1957 and was re-elected at every election until 1992, representing successively the Dublin North-East, Dublin Artane and Dublin North-Central constituencies. As Taoiseach, he is credited by some economists with starting the positive transformation of the economy in the late 1980s. However, his career was also marked by several major scandals. Haughey was implicated in the Army Crisis of 1970, which nearly destroyed his career. His political reputation revived, his tenure as Taoiseach was then damaged by the sensational GUBU Affair in 1982; his party leadership was challenged four times. Revelations about his role in phone tapping scandal forced him to resign as Taoiseach and retire from politics in 1992.

 

 

American actress Geraldine Page died on this day 36 years ago, aged 62. Her first credited part in the Western film Hondo (1953), earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. During the McCarthyism era, she was blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight years. Page continued to appear on television and on stage and earned her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959-60), a role she reprised in the 1962 film adaptation, the latter of which earned her a Golden Globe Award. She earned additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in Summer and Smoke (1961), You're a Big Boy Now (1966) and Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), followed by a Tony nomination for her performance in the stage production of Absurd Person Singular (1974-75). In 1977, she provided the voice of Madam Medusa in Walt Disney's The Rescuers, followed by Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Page was nominated Academy Awards for her performances in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) and The Trip to Bountiful (1985), the latter of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

 

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Kurt Waldheim died on this day 16 years ago, aged 88.

- Waldheim began his diplomatic career just after World War II. He became Austria's ambassador to Canada in 1956, and its permanent representative to the UN in 1964.

- Waldheim ran for president in 1971, narrowly losing to Franz Jonas. He would then run for the UN's Secretary-General election and won, succeeding U Thant in the position.

- Waldheim became the only Secretary-General to face a contested reelection in 1976, with outgoing Mexican president (the late) Luis Echeverria as his opponent.

- Among the things Waldheim did during his tenure were visit North Korea, collaborate with Paul McCartney for the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, and deliver the greeting for the Voyager golden discs:

 

- Waldheim ran for a third term as Secretary-General in 1981, losing in the first round to Tanzanian Salim Ahmed Salim. The US and China then became deadlocked in a vetoing each of then candidates, and ultimately, Javier Perez de Cuellar (zzz) was selected. The UN has since established a two-term term limit.

- Waldheim was elected the President of Austria in 1986. During his term, however, he was accused of war crimes during World War II (he had served for Nazi Germany). These accusations included the transfer of civilians as slave laborers and sending them to concentration and death camps, and executing Allied POWs. Waldheim's reputation was ruined, and he did not seek reelection in 1992.

- Waldheim made 11 appearances on the DeathList between 1990 and 2007, and was the second death (out of ten) of 2007.

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Edward FitzGerald was born in Woodbridge and died in Norfolk 140 years ago, he was a poet who became famous as the first translator into a European language (English) of the work Rubaiyat of the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam

 

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American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 Adlai Stevenson I died on this day 109 years ago, aged 78. He had served as US Representative from Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. After his appointment as assistant postmaster general of the United States during Grover Cleveland's first administration, he fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats. This earned him the enmity of the Republican-controlled Congress, but made him a favourite as Grover Cleveland's running mate in 1892, and he was elected vice president of the United States. In office, he supported the free-silver lobby against the gold-standard men like Cleveland, but was praised by governing in a dignified, non-partisan manner. In 1900, he ran for vice president with William Jennings Bryan. In doing so, he became the fourth vice president to run for that post teamed with two different presidential candidates.

 

 

Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926 John Logie Baird died on this day 77 years ago, aged 57. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history. In 2006, Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history. In 2015 he was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.

 

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Casey Kasem died on this day 9 years ago, aged 82.

- Kasem's first name was actually Kemal- his parents named him after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish state.

- Kasem's first radio job was covering sports at his local high school, and during his college years, had his first voice roles on radio shows such as Challenge of the Yukon.

- Kasem would be drafted into the Korean War, and was a radio announcer for American troops. After the war's end, he moved to New York to pursue a stage acting career- he auditioned for the off-Broadway play Ivan Of, ultimately losing the role he auditioned for to Ed Asner.

- Kasem first became a TV voice actor in the 1960s- his most famous role was as Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo franchise, a role he played from its inception in 1969 up to 2009- he took a break from voicing the character after being asked to voice the character for a Burger King commercial; he was a vegan. After his retirement, the role went to Matthew Lillard (who portrayed the character in the live-action films):

Other voice acting roles Kasem was known for included Groove in The Cattanooga Cats, the titular role of Rankin/Bass' Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Robin in Super Friends, and Bluestreak and Cliffjumper in G1 Transformers. Kasem left Transformers during its third season due to a villain of the week showcasing Arab stereotypes; Kasem was of Lebanese descent.

- Kasem was also famous for being the host of the American Top 40 radio program, hosting it from 1970 to 1988 and again from 1998 to 2004.

- Kasem was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2007, and his family would argue whether to put him in a conservatorship. He would soon be diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, and eventually ended up bedridden- he died from sepsis that was caused by an ulcerated bedsore.

- Kasem appeared on the DeathList once in 2014 at the number 41 spot. He was the third hit of the ten that year.

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Sophia of Lithuania died 570 years ago in Moscow, was Grand Princess Consort of Moscow as wife of Basil I of Moscow

James Hunt died 30 years ago,aged 45 born in Belmont, died in Winbledon, the English driver was world champion in 1976, Hunt is also remembered for his act of heroism in the accident in which Ronnie Peterson died, when he removed the Swedish driver from the car still in flames

Hume Cronyn died 20 years ago, aged 91, he was born in London, Ontario (CAN), and died in Fairfield, Connecticut (USA), won 3 Emmys Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
1990 - Age-Old Friends, 1994 - To Dance with a White Dog
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
1992 - Broadway Bound

 

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11th president of the United States James K. Polk died on this day 174 years ago, aged 53. After building a successful law practice in Tennessee, Polk was elected to its state legislature in 1823 and then to the United States House of Representatives in 1825, becoming a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson. After serving as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he became Speaker of the House in 1835, the only person to serve both as Speaker and US President. Polk left Congress to run for governor of Tennessee, winning in 1839 but losing in 1841 and 1843. He was a dark horse candidate in the 1844 presidential election as the Democratic Party nominee. In the general election, Polk defeated Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party. After a negotiation fraught with the risk of war, he reached a settlement with Great Britain over the disputed Oregon Country, the territory, for the most part, being divided along the 49th parallel. Polk achieved victory in the Mexican-American War, which resulted in Mexico's cession of the entire American Southwest. He secured a substantial reduction of tariff rates with the Walker tariff of 1846. The same year, he achieved his other major goal, re-establishment of the Independence Treasury system. True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term, Polk left office in 1849 and returned to Tennessee, where he died three months after leaving the white house.

 

 

Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician Franco Zeffirelli died on this day 4 years ago, aged 96. Film he directed included the Shakespearean adaptations The Taming of the Shrew (1967), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; Romeo and Juliet (1968), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director; and Hamlet (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. His biblical television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown at Christmas and Easter in many countries. He was a Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977. Zeffirelli also received an honorary British knighthood in 2004 when he was created a KBE. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same. A member of the Forza Italia party, he served as the Senator of Catania between 1994 until 2001.

 

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1 hour ago, Hell said:

11th president of the United States James K. Polk died on this day 174 years ago, aged 53.
he died three months after leaving the white house.

He has the shortest post presidency life, with 103 days. Excluding, of course, the presidents who died in office

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Helmut Kohl died on this day 6 years ago, aged 87.

- Kohl joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Party shortly after its formation, and quickly rose through the party ranks. In 1959, he was elected to the Rhineland-Palatinate diet. Kohl became the party chairman in 1973, remaining in the role until 1998.

- Kohl was elected to the Bundestag in 1976, immediately becoming the Leader of the Opposition against Helmut Schmidt's Social Democratic Party. In 1982, Kohl would be elected Chancellor of West Germany after a vote of no confidence against Schmidt.

- Kohl's tenure as Chancellor is best remembered for the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990, and the final Allied forces leaving the country in 1994 (almost 50 years after the end of World War II).

- Kohl was defeated in the 1998 election against Gerhard Schroder, due to an increasing unemployment rate. Kohl would retire from the Bundestag in 2002.

- Kohl had major health issues during retirement. He had a stroke in 2008, which was complicated by a fall, and left him partially paralyzed. He had surgery on his gallbladder in 2010, and on his heart in 2012. Complications from intestinal surgery in 2015 put him in critical condition.

- Kohl appeared on the DeathList once, in 2015 (spot no. 23).

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Its 24 years since the death of British character actor, James Ottaway.

Born in 1908 he was mainly a stage actor for the early part of his career, though he did make his television debut in 1937, in the play Capital Punishment, and his film debut in 1958's Passport to Shame. He became a familiar presence on TV towards the end of the 1950s, and in a career lasting well into the 1990s appeared in everything that was anything on TV, his last appearance being in a 1998 episode of The Bill, on the way appearing in Hancock's Half Hour (in The Blood Donor), Dad's Army, Minder, Quatermass, & Grange Hill, to name but a few.

 

Appropriately enough for someone who appeared in both a TV Series and a film entitled The Man Who Finally Died, he lived until he was 90.

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Lamartine Babo was a Brazilian composer born and died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 59, 70 years ago, he composed several hymns for Brazilian clubs, in the state of RJ, including all the big clubs in the state, Vasco, Fluminense, Botafogo and Flamengo,this is from America RJ

 

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American actor George Reeves died on this day 64 years ago, aged 45. Reeves's film career began in 1939 when he was cast as Stuart Tarleton, one of Scarlett O'Hara's suitors in Gone with the Wind. After Gone with the Wind was filmed, Reeves returned to Pasadena Playhouse and was given the lead role in the play Pancho. This part directly led to his being contracted to Warner Brothers. Warner has him change his professional name to George Reeves. He starred in a number of two-reel short subjects and appeared in several B-pictures, including two with future president of the United States Ronald Reagan and three with James Cagney. In June 1951, Reeves was offered the role of Superman in a new television series titled Adventures of Superman. He was initially reluctant to take the role because, like many actors of his time, he considered television unimportant and believed few would see his work. Reeves's career as Superman had begun with Superman and the Mole Men, a film intended both as a B-picture and as the pilot for the TV series. The series went on the air the following year, and Reeves was amazed at becoming a national celebrity. Reeves died of a gunshot wound to the head. 

 

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Pope Adeodatus II died on this day 1347 years ago, aged 55.

- Adeodatus was a resident of the city of Rome all his life. His father's name was Jovinianus, and before becoming pope, Adeodatus was a monk.

- Adeodatus was elected pope in 672 following the death of Pope Vitalian.

- Adeodatus' papacy is shrouded in mystery due to a lack of sources that have survived from the time. It is known, however, that he supported dyothelitism during the debate of monotheletism vs. dyothelitism, and refused to comment on the politics within the Byzantine Empire. Adeodatus was also known for restoring old churches that needed refurbishment.

- Adeodatus died after a 4-year papacy, and was succeeded by Pope Donus.

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Catarina de Portugal was born and died in Lisbon, infant and religious of Portugal, she was the daughter of the King of Portugal, D. Duarte I, she died at the age of 26 560 years ago

Manuel Pousao died 330 years ago, he was a Portuguese Baroque composer born in Alandroal, he died in Lisbon, he composed villancicos, motets and a mass for the dead that were in manuscripts in the Royal Library of Music and were destroyed during the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 ,A villancico in Santa Clara in the Évora Public Library partially survives and a book of plainchant that he published in 1675 called Liber Passionum, et eorum quae a Dominica Palmarum, usque ad Sabbatum Sanctum cantori solent

 

Thomas William Allies was born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, and died in London 120 years ago, aged 90, was an English historian specializing in religious matters. He was one of the Anglican clergy who transferred to the Catholic Church in the early period of the Oxford Movement.

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On this day 1 year ago, French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, who starred in the movies "A Man and a Woman", "Z", and "Amour", passed away at the age of 91.

 

Photo Credit: Georges Biard per Creative Commons license

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On this day 1 year ago, American football player Hugh McElhenney passed away at the age of 93.

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Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 Kenneth Kaunda died on this day 2 years ago, aged 97. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbla's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP). In 1973, following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the China Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. In 1973 oil crisis and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him in power. Multi-Party elections took place in 1991, In which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, ousted Kaunda.

 

 

American dancer and actress Cyd Charisse died on this day 15 years ago, aged 86. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Band Wagon (1953), Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson (1954) and Silk Stockings (1957). She stopped dancing in films in the late 1950s, but continued acting in film and television, and in 1991 made her Broadway debut. In her later years, she discussed the history of the Hollywood musical in documentaries, and was featured in That's Entertainment! III in 1994. She was awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006.

 

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Vera Lynn died on this day 3 years ago, aged 103.

- Lynn was born as Vera Welch, and began performing in 1924 at the age of 7. She took the stage name "Vera Lynn" when she joined Madame Harris's Kracker Kabaret Kids at the age of 11, taking the surname from her grandmother Margaret's maiden name.

- Lynn's first recorded single, "It's Home", was released in 1935.

- Lynn achieved worldwide fame during World War II, when she would perform for people using the London Underground as a bomb shelter. She topped a 1940 poll asking soldiers who their favorite singers/bandleaders were, and is known as "The Forces' Sweetheart". Her wartime anthems were "The White Cliffs of Dover" and her signature song "We'll Meet Again"; the latter is also known for being the song at the end of Dr. Strangelove (juxtaposed over nuclear armageddon):

- Lynn would achieve a number one single in the US in 1952 with "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" (wonder how well it would do in a Kill or Save game).

- In her later career, Lynn released a song celebrating British victory in the Falklands War ("I Love This Land"), sang at Buckingham Palace on the 50th anniversary of VE Day and Trafalgar Square on its 60th, and encouraged Katherine Jenkins to be her protégé.

- Lynn made a total of twelve appearances on the DeathList, debuting in 2006; her highest position was spot #2 in 2017 (behind Kirk Douglas). Lynn was the tenth of the record twenty deaths of the year.