Death Anniversary Thread

[John "요한" Sulu 395]

Two years ago from yesterday, Filipino president Fidel Ramos, who served his term from 1992 to 1998, passed away at the age of 94.

[Drewsky1211 4,389]

Horace Mann died on this day 165 years ago, aged 63.

- One of Mann's distant direct ancestors was John Man, who served as England's ambassador to Spain from 1567 to 1568.

- Mann had little schooling, but learned by borrowing books from his local library, and would graduate from Brown University as a valedictorian. From there, he would study law.

- Mann would be elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827, serving there until 1833, and would be elected to the state Senate in 1835. His platform consisted of charity works, school reform, and the prohibition of alcohol. He was best known for the second part of that, inaugurating a system to educate soon-to-be teachers on what curriculum should be taught, stating how schools should be paid for by taxes, and also believing they should be nonreligious in nature. He did, however, believe that learning the letters of the alphabet and their phonics should have been eliminated.

- Mann was elected to the US House of Representatives in a special 1848 election to replace John Quincy Adams after he died in office. He would quickly make a name for himself as an abolitionist, believing that enslaved Blacks could rise up, and then create their own settlements in the west. Mann would serve until 1853, having given up his seat to run as the Free Soil party candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1852. Mann died of typhoid fever six years later.

[Drewsky1211 4,389]

Mark Margolis died on this day a year ago, aged 83.

- Margolis started out on Broadway, and he would have roles in films that included Short Eyes, Scarface, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He would often collaborate with director Darren Aronofsky, which included Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, and Noah.

- On TV, Margolis acted in select episodes of Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and several episodes of Oz, but was most famous for his role as Hector Salamanca on Breaking Bad:

He would reprise his role for the prequel series Better Call Saul, appearing in more episodes there than in the sequel show (15 compared to 8).

 

 

...That's about it (not much else to say about him)- so here's a fun fact: he and Tina Turner were born on the same day, and died within 3 months of each other.

[John "요한" Sulu 395]

On this day 2 years ago, American sportscaster Vin Scully passed away at the age of 94.

 

Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea per Creative Commons license

[Drewsky1211 4,389]

Henry I of France died on this day 964 years ago, aged 52.

- Henry was the son of king Robert II, who would crown him as co-ruler in 1027. Henry would become the sole king upon Robert's death in 1031.

- Among Henry's actions as king were giving the Duchy of Burgundy to his brother Robert in 1032, and assist William of Normandy when his vassals revolted against him- said William later became William the Conqueror.

- Henry was known to have committed simony by selling bishop appointments, but was not excommunicated- likely due to his actions in helping build monasteries.

- Henry had four children with his third wife, Anne of Kyiv- Philip, Emma/Edigna, Robert, and Hugh. Philip would succeed him as king in 1060 after he died after a 29-year reign.