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David wouldn't Groh anymore after this day 10 years ago (68).
He was the on air husband of Rhoda -- i.e. Valerie Harper -- and I am certain this is a sign!

 

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Steve Strange, off of 80s synth pop, Faded to Grey on this day 3 years ago, aged 55.

 

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Little boy James Bulger was killed by two ten-year-old boys on this day 25 years ago, aged only 2.

 

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Good grief! Charles M. Schulz died on this day 18 years ago, aged 77.

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Below is his final Peanuts comic strip, released a day after his death.

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2 hours ago, The Ashes Urn said:

Little boy James Bulger was killed by two ten-year-old boys on this day 25 years ago, aged only 2.

 

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Oh how we all long for the day when one of us can post in this thread "And on this day X years ago , Jon Venables was torn in half by a fast-growing arse tumour, aged X."

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Kid Gavilán was counted out on this day 15 years ago, aged 77.

 

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True to the song, country/rockabilly singer Waylon Jennings proclaimed 'I Ain't Living Long Like This' on 13th February 2002, aged 64.

 

 

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Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, was assassinated in a Malaysia airport on this day 1 year ago.

I'm pretty sure his younger half-brother had something to do with this...

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And to think if the North/South Korea stuff continues throughout the year, Kim might end 2018 sharing the Nobel Peace Prize. It's a funny old world.

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Camelot ended for Frederick Loewe on this day 30 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Wally Cox went to the underworld on this day 45 years ago, aged 48.

 

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Nat King Cold, on this day 53 years ago. He was 45.

 

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Thirty years ago physicist Richard Feynman died aged 69. Not so fine, not so physical.

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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.

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Why Tony?, Tony Sheridan died on this day 5 years ago, aged 72.

 

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Prolific French playwright and comedy actor of the 17th century, Molière, died of TB at the age of 51 on this day 345 years ago. At time of death, he was starring in his own written stage show in which he played a sick man. When he had a fatal coughing fit on stage, he was presumed to be playing his part tremendously well and the audience applauded.

 

 

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Mindy McCready would not be here anymore after this day 5 years ago, aged 37.

 

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Crash and burn for NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. and his moustache on this day 17 years ago, at the age of 49.

 

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Frank Costello went swimming with the fishes on this day 45 years ago, aged 82.

 

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BOOM WENT THE T.N.T 

 

Bon Scott, vocalist for AC/DC, died 38 years ago aged 33 from a drug overdose.

 

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Director, gardener and gay rights activist Derek Jarman sadly died of an Arse Injected Death Sentence related illness on this day 24 years ago. He was 52. 

 

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Johnny Paycheck was released from the only hell that exists on this day 15 years ago, aged 64.

 

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Anthony Crossland didn't get to see the future of socialism thanks to an aneurism today in 1977:

 

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Six years since Steve Kordek, pinball machine designer and innovator, tilted aged 100.

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