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As half of the husband/wife songwriting team, Boudleaux Bryant said Bye Bye Love to wife Felice on this day 30 years ago, age 67.

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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian cake aficionado and ruiner of many a wedding ceremony, died somewhere short of the rainbow today in 1997.

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Liz Claiborne designed her shroud on this day 10 years ago, aged 78.

 

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The original 'nature boy' of wrestling, Buddy Rogers, died this day in 1992, age 71.  (25 years ago)
As stated on Wiki:
"He was set to wrestle yet another "Nature Boy", this time Buddy Landel, in a comeback match for the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance in early 1992, but the promotion went out of business and the match never occurred. Later in the year, Rogers.....suffered three strokes....was put on life support and died a short time afterward on June 26, 1992."

In 1992
Buddy Rogers was 70-71 yrs old.  Buddy Landel was 31.

What kind of fucking wrestling promotion was THAT supposed to be?  
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Sounds like your average scummy low level wrestling promoter. Hundreds of them, probably per State.

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John Entwistle stopped singing on this day 15 years ago, aged 57.

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Wouldn't get fooled again.

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The last act for Jack Mullaney on this day 35 years ago, aged 52.

 

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Jack Lemmon discovered coffee's for casket lid closers today in 2001.

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The last stanza for Velimir Khlebnikov on this day 95 years ago, aged 36.

 

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Terry Fox passed away of cancer 36 years ago today.

 

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No more Mambo Italiano for Rosemary Clooney after this day 15 years ago, aged 74.

 

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Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash 50 years ago today, aged 34.

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12 hours ago, The Unknown Man said:

Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash 50 years ago today, aged 34.

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You are allowed to be a little more creative, such as 'she lost her head' or 'put her mind at ease' 50 years ago.... etc.  I mean it isn't every day we get to remember a decapitation.
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Yitzhak Shamir began decomposing on this day 5 years ago, aged 96.

 

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Buddy Hackett had the best strawberry malted of his life today in 2003

 

 

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The Longest Day for Robert Mitchum on this day 20 years ago, aged 79.

 

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It wasn't a wonderful life anymore for James Stewart on this day 20 years ago, aged 89.

 

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I remember where I was when I heard Jimmy Stewart died: wondering why my grandfather was so upset at the death of an actor I'd never heard of!


Of course, Jimmy is great: Rear Window, Rope, Vertigo, Liberty Valance, Mr Smith, Wonderful Life, Harvey, and so on - too many great films to name them all.

 

On that note...

 

Not a famous name, actually, but it's actually the 10th anniversary of my grandfather's death. He swore by the bottle (or the can/shot/entire pint glass full of whisky, all of them, he wasn't fussy) and outlived each of his temperance movement bound friends. He of the "drinking whisky because terminally ill with lung/liver cancer" anecdote I've mentioned before. A thorough Celtic man who used to phone us up at 1am, drunk, to discuss Stephen King and Jesuits... often in the same sentence. I always remember his solid Deathlist-esque advice: "It never ceases to amaze me who you outlive. There's people dying today who've never died before in all their lives!" Too true.

 

 

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On 7/1/2017 at 14:09, The Ashes Urn said:

The Longest Day for Robert Mitchum on this day 20 years ago, aged 79.

 

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He was also know as the hardest person to interveiw in Hollywood. Know for answering questions with don´t know, Nope or Yep. Or short conversation-stopper replies like: Don´t read book. Dońt go to movies. Only take on work if it is going to be filmed in a place I want to visit. 

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Damn, I've only just realized Robert Mitchum and James Stewart died one day apart. 

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The last whistle for Andy Griffith on this day 5 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Terrence Higgins died 35 years ago aged 37. He left us his trust.

 

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Adiós to Astor Piazzolla on this day 25 years ago, aged 71.

 

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No more patriotism for John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on this day in 1826.

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