Death Anniversary Thread

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On this day 1 year ago, English-born Mexican culinary writer Diana Kennedy passed away at the age of 99.

 

Photo Credit: Betsy McNair/My Mexico Tours per Creative Commons license

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Harry Patch died on this day 14 years ago, aged 111.

- Before World War I, Patch was the apprentice to a plumber.

- Patch was drafted into the British Army in 1916. He became a lance corporal, but was demoted back to a private when he got into a physical fight with a soldier who had taken his boots. He would see combat in France, and participated in the Battle of Passchendaele against the Germans. He was wounded by shrapnel from an exploding shell, and would be sent back home in December 1917.

- Afterwards, Patch remained a plumber, though he was also a part-time fireman during World War II.

- Once Patch became a centenarian, he would receive more medals for his service (he had earned the British War Medal and Victory Medal during WWI). This included Jacques Chirac making him a knight of the Legion of Honour on his 101st birthday in 1999, and receiving the Order of Leopold from King Albert II of Belgium in 2008. When he was 107, he would also be awarded with an honorary degree from the University of Bristol, and earned the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to receive one.

- Patch became the oldest living man in the UK and Europe following the death of Henry Allingham, but only held these titles for a week before dying. He was the last WWI veteran to see combat in the trenches, and for this was nicknamed "The Last Fighting Tommy".

- Shortly after his death, Radiohead made a tribute song:

 

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American singer and songwriter of the blues and R&B Big Mama Thornton died on this day 39 years ago, aged 57. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog", in 1952, which was written for her and became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953. According to Maureen Mahon, a music professor at New York University, "the song is seen as an important beginning of rock-and-roll, especially in its use of the guitar as the key instrument". Thornton's other recordings include the original version of "Ball and Chain", which she wrote.

 

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Russi Taylor died on this day 4 years ago, aged 75.

- Taylor began her career as a voice actress in 1976, providing the noises of Ted and Georgette Baxter's baby on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

- In 1980, Taylor became the first voice of Strawberry Shortcake, voicing the character until 1984.

- While Taylor made her film debut in 1980, her first voice acting role for a theatrical film was for 1986's The Adventures of the American Rabbit as the title character's mother.

- Taylor also voiced characters from many fondly-remembered '80s cartoons, such as baby Gonzo from Muppet Babies, and the main kids (Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby) in the original DuckTales. She would reprise these roles in the 1990 anti-drug special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

- Taylor is best known for being the voice of Minnie Mouse, beginning in 1986- the character had no permanent voice actor for over a decade. In 1991, she would marry Wayne Allwine- who was the official voice of Mickey Mouse until his death in 2009.

- Taylor was also very well-known for her roles on The Simpsons, having voiced characters such as Martin, Sherri and Terri, and Uter:

- Taylor died from colon cancer. Her final work outside of television was for the Disney ride Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, which opened in Disney World in March of 2020.

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Scientist and inventor of the microwave oven James Lovelock died on this day, his 103rd birthday, 1 year ago.

 

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Its 52 years since US photographer Diane Arbus committed suicide, aged 48.

 

Its not widely known that the creepy twins in Kubrick's The Shining are based on an Arbus photgraph.

 

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J. J. Cale was born in Tulsa and died in San Diego 10 years ago at age 84, was an American musician. He is known for being the author of two successful songs in Eric Clapton's solo career, "After Midnight" and "Cocaine", and also of hits by the Lynyrd Skynyrd group such as "Call Me The Breeze" and "I Got the Same Old Blues". ".He was one of the pioneers of the Tulsa Sound

 

[John "요한" Sulu 419]

On this day 2 years ago, Canadian-born American psychologist Albert Bandura, who originated social cognitive theory, passed away at the age of 95.

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American lawyer, orator and politician William Jennings Bryan died on this day 98 years ago, aged 65. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He served in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895 and as the Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1915. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, Bryan was often called "the Great Commoner", and because of his rhetorical power and early fame as the youngest presidential candidate, "the Boy Orator".

 

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Bernard Cribbins died on this day a year ago, aged 93.

- Cribbins made his debut on West End in a 1956 version of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

- When Cribbins starred in the musical revue And Another Thing in 1960, future Beatles producer George Martin became aware of him and signed him to Parlophone Records. His novelty songs "Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both top-10 hits:

(the "I'm Too Sexy" band took their name from this song)

- Cribbins would then go on to star in three of the Carry On movies- Carry On Jack, Carry On Spying, and the final one, Carry On Columbus.

- In 1966, Cribbins would play Peter Cushing's Doctor's (1.5th Doctor?) companion Tom Campbell in the theatrically released Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. In 2007, he would return to the franchise as Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble. Wilfred would be the final companion of the Tenth Doctor in a 2010 episode.

- Cribbins is also known for voicing every character on the children's show The Wombles, and had nothing to do with the novelty band that dressed as the characters from the show. Other British children's shows he would make appearances in included Worzel Gummidge, Super Gran, and Old Jack's Boat (in the latter, he played the titular character).

- Cribbins made only one appearance on the DeathList: 2021, in spot no. 46.

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5 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said:

Bernard Cribbins died on this day a year ago, aged 93.

- Cribbins made his debut on West End in a 1956 version of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

- When Cribbins starred in the musical revue And Another Thing in 1960, future Beatles producer George Martin became aware of him and signed him to Parlophone Records. His novelty songs "Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both top-10 hits:

(the "I'm Too Sexy" band took their name from this song)

- Cribbins would then go on to star in three of the Carry On movies- Carry On Jack, Carry On Spying, and the final one, Carry On Columbus.

- In 1966, Cribbins would play Peter Cushing's Doctor's (1.5th Doctor?) companion Tom Campbell in the theatrically released Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. In 2007, he would return to the franchise as Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble. Wilfred would be the final companion of the Tenth Doctor in a 2010 episode.

- Cribbins is also known for voicing every character on the children's show The Wombles, and had nothing to do with the novelty band that dressed as the characters from the show. Other British children's shows he would make appearances in included Worzel Gummidge, Super Gran, and Old Jack's Boat (in the latter, he played the titular character).

- Cribbins made only one appearance on the DeathList: 2021, in spot no. 46.

Not forgetting a record breaking number of appearances (112 per IMDb) as the storyteller on Jackanory.

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It's 39 years since the death of actor James Mason.

Born in Huddersfield, and educated at Marlborough, he achieved a first in architecture at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he began acting, initially 'for fun' with no aspirations to embark on a career in either film or theatre.

 

He took his first acting role in 1931, leading to regular work up until the second world war; he registered as a conscientious objector, also objecting to being ordered into non-combatant roles, and appealed against that order; however he was then exempted from military service on the strength of his film work, so never had to test it in court.

 

He appeared in many roles, encompassing comedy, drama and action, on both film and TV and was nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTAs and two Golden Globes, winning for his role alongside Judy Garland in George Cukor's A Star is Born (1954).

 

He married twice; firstly to Pamela Ostrer, which begat a daughter and a son (who is married to Belinda Carlisle), and secondly to Clarissa Kaye. According to director Tobe Hooper, Mason regularly ensured clauses in his contracts to ensure Kaye was also cast.

 

Having survived a serious heart attack in 1959, Mason succumbed to one in 1984, aged 75 at his home in Lausanne Switzerland. He left his entire estate to Kaye, causing his will to be challenged by his children. The legal challenge had still not been settled at the time of her death 10 years later. She bequeathed her estate, including Mason's ashes, to religious guru Sathya Sai Baba; Mason's children sued for their return, and eventually his ashes were interred in Vaux cemetery, near the grave of his good friend, Charlie Chaplin.

[John "요한" Sulu 419]

On this day 20 years ago, English-born American comedian, actor, and humanitarian Bob Hope passed away at the age of 100.

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Noronha was born in Porto Alegre and died in São Paulo 20 years ago, he played in the 1950 football world cup, and played for Grêmio, Vasco, São Paulo among others

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American actor and popular singer Tony Martin died on this day 11 years ago, aged 98. His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "I Love Paris", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.

 

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Francis Crick died on this day 19 years ago, aged 88.

- Crick's grandfather Walter Crick was an amateur naturalist, and possibly where he got his childhood interest in science from.

- Crick's time in university was interrupted by WWII, but he eventually earned his PhD in 1954 when he was 37 years old.

- Crick was best known for his work on the structure of DNA, which he worked on with (the now 95-year-old) James Watson. They began their research in 1951, using X-ray diffraction to help determine the molecular structure, and built off the experiments of Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. Franklin inspected their double helix model, and considered it to be accurate:

Their research would be published in 1953, and for this, they would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962, alongside Maurice Wilkins; Wilkins introduced them to Franklin's photographs. (Nowadays, people believe Franklin deserved it as well.)

- Afterwards, Crick would use X-ray diffraction to determine the shape of collagen, researched the structure of some kinds of viruses, and attempted to figure out how proteins are synthesized.

- Crick became a vocal critic of Christianity in his later years, once joking that "Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children."

- Crick died of colon cancer, and Watson gave a eulogy at a public memorial two months after his death.

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Its 39 years since the death of actress Bess Flowers.

Considered by some as Hollywood's most prolific performer, based on the number of films she appeared in. Never a household name, she appeared in 23 Best Picture Oscar-nominated films, including five winners (It Happened One Night, You Can't Take it with You, All About Eve, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days) amongst more than 350 movies during a career as an extra. More often than not uncredited, and sometimes consigned to the cutting-room floor, her career ran from 1923 to the '60s and included TV too (she appeared The Lucy Show, The Untouchables, The Red Skelton Show etc), often as a restaurant, hotel or theatre patron.

 

She co-founded the Screen Extras Guild (later to merge with the Screen Actors Guild). 

 

Later life saw her resident in The Motion Picture Country House & Hospital, where she died aged 85.

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German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry Otto Hahn died on this day 55 years ago, aged 89. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. He also discovered the phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. In 1938, Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission, for which Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Nuclear fission was the basis for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

 

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Peter O'Sullevan died on this day 8 years ago, aged 97.

- O'Sullevan's TV career started in the 1940s, and he was one of the earliest sports commentators for that medium.

- O'Sullevan joined the BBC in 1947, and soon became its leading horse racing commentator, particularly during the Grand National. Some of his most notable coverage included Foinavon winning the 1967 Grand National, (fellow DeathList alumnus) Red Rum's three Grand National wins, and Aldaniti and his jockey Bob Champion winning in 1981 after both recovered from significant health threats. His commentary during the 1993 Grand National was also well-known for him calling it "the greatest disaster" in the history of the event when 30 of the racers were disqualified after failing to notice the false start.

- O'Sullevan also owned and raced horses, which included Be Friendly and Attivo.

- O'Sullevan retired from commentating in 1997 after a 50-year career. By then, he had earned the nickname the "Voice of Racing".

- O'Sullevan would make six appearances on the DeathList between 2005 and 2015, and was the ninth hit of 2015.

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David Niven’s Fridge 40 years ago today (73).

 

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Roger Williamson was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch and died in Zandvoort 50 years ago aged 25,Williamson won the 1971 and 1972 British Formula 3 championships
During the 1973 Dutch GP, Williamson's tire burst; his car hit the retaining wall and was dragged for 275 meters, when it crossed the track and finally parked on the opposite retaining wall. During the drag, the tank scratched the asphalt, an effect similar to that of a matchstick being rubbed against the box. The car stopped upside down, making it impossible for Williamson to exit. His compatriot and friend David Purley, although not on the same team, abandoned his own race in a desperate attempt to rescue his friend. anyway, everyone thought it was Purley's car, commentators, marshals, race director. he walked desolately, at random, getting to be in the middle of the track, with the other drivers passing by at high speed. Detail: the race proceeded normally - the most that was done in this situation was to signal the place with a yellow flag.

Video of the accident below

 

Luis Buñuel died 40 years ago, he was born in Calanda, Spain, and died in Mexico City at the age of 83, he won an Oscar for best foreign film in 1973 for Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Palme d'Or at Cannes in 61 for Viridiana and Golden Lion in Venice in 67 for Belle de jour

David Niven was born in London and died 40 years ago in Château-d'Oex (Switzerland) at age 73, the actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1958 for Separate Tables, work that earned him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in Drama also, in 1953 he won the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical for The Moon Is Blue, in 1967 he played James Bond in Casino Royale

Foday Sankoh was born in Masang Mayoso, Tonkolili and died in Freetown 20 years ago at the age of 65, he was the leader and founder of the Sierra Leonean paramilitary group called the Revolutionary United Front. He led this organization through the eleven years of Sierra Leone's Civil War, between 1991 and 2002. Sankoh served as Vice President of Sierra Leone from 1999 until 2000, a period in which he also legally controlled the diamond mines. An estimated 50,000 people were killed during the war, and over 500,000 people were displaced to neighboring countries.

Christian Benítez was born in Quito and died in Doha 10 years ago of cardiac arrest at the age of 27, the Ecuadorian footballer played in the 2006 World Cup, played for El Nacional (EQU), Birmingham City (ENG), America (MEX), Santos Laguna ( MEX) and was in El Jaish (QAT) when he died

Tony Gaze was born in Prahran (Victoria) and died in Geelong, both in Australia, 10 years ago at the age of 93, he was a decorated aviator of the Second World War, and a former racing driver in Australia. 1952 Formula 1 by the HWM team. Didn't score any points

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Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art Vincent van Gogh died on this day 133 years ago, aged 37. In just over a decade he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold, symbolic colours, and dramatic, impulsive and highly expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. He sold only one painting during his lifetime and became famous after his suicide which followed years of poverty and mental illness.

 

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Pat Carroll died on this day a year ago, aged 95.

- Carroll's debut on Broadway in 1955 for the play Catch A Star! earned her a Tony nomination, and in 1956, she won an Emmy for her role on Caesar's Hour.

- For live-action roles, Carroll was often typecast as the mothers of major characters, such as Shirley's mother Lily on Laverne and Shirley.

- Carroll got into voice acting in the 1960s, and was the voice of Jane Jetson for the pilot episode of The Jetsons. She sued Hanna-Barbera in 1963 claiming that she was guaranteed the role for 24 episodes, but was replaced by Penny Singleton after the first episode. The court ruled in favor of Hanna-Barbera, likely due to scheduling conflicts with her role in The Danny Thomas Show.

- On '80s TV, Carroll was known for voicing the main antagonist Katrina Stoneheart on Pound Puppies, and the voice of Jon's grandmother in the Garfield TV specials:

- Carroll received her most famous role in 1989, when she was cast as the voice of the villain Ursula in Disney's The Little Mermaid:

She would continue to voice the character up until her death, and also voiced Ursula's sister Morgana in the film's direct-to-video sequel.

- Outside of Ursula, other film roles Carroll was known for included portraying Miep Gies in Freedom Writers and voicing Granny in a 2005 dub of My Neighbor Totoro.

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Mari Carmen Izquierdo, one of Spain's most respected journalists of her generation, the great pioneer of female sports journalism in Spain, and the first woman to report on sports on Spanish national television, died on this day 4 years ago, aged 69.

The cause was pancreatic cancer (she died on the third month of her illness).

 

 

Mari Carmen Izquierdo started her brilliant career as a reporter and she was the host of the legendary Sunday night football highlight show "Estudio Estadio" on TVE from 1977 to 1983.

 

 

 

Over the course of her career, she covered major events such as the Olympics, and the World and European Football Cups, opening the door for other female sports journalists to come.

Mari Carmen Izquierdo was President of the Spanish Sports Journalist Association, Director of Sports Production at TVE, and member of the Spanish Olympic Committee and the Jury of the Prince (now Princess) of Asturias Sports Award.

She was a very good person, the most kind and generous colleague, a notable interviewer and a role model as a journalist.

She will never be forgotten.

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Maria Teresa of Spain was born in El Escorial, and died in Versailles 340 years ago, she was the wife of King Louis XIV and Queen Consort of France and Navarre from 1660 until her death. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and his first wife, Princess Isabel of France.