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An anonymous source informs me that it's five years since actor Harry Reems died from pancreatic cancer, aged 65.

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All Odysseys ended for Arthur C. Clarke on this day 10 years ago, aged 90.

 

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The beloved poster rockhopper penguin went missing one year ago today. 

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David Rockefeller had his last heart transplant this day a year ago. He was 101.

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-.-./---/.-../../-.      -.././-..-/-/./.-. died one year ago aged 86.

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Robert Preston, with a capital P, which rhymes with D, which stands for dead today in 1987. 

 

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All things fell apart for Chinua Achebe on this day 5 years ago, aged 82.

 

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There was lots of bad news worldwide 19 years ago, but Morecambe when Ernie Wise died aged 73.

 

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Today is the 9th anniversary of Jane Goodie's death. It is also the 9th anniversary of me joining DL. This is not a coincidence.

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2 big names in American animation died on this day.

 

 

 

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Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker) died at the age of 94 in 1994.

 

 

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The other is William Hanna (half of Hanna-Barbera), who passed away in 2001 (90)

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Mike Todd lost his head in a plane crash on this day 60 years ago, aged 48.

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Claire Mccardell wore her best dress on this day 60 years ago, aged 52.

 

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Dame over for Elizabeth Taylor on this day 7 years ago, aged 79.

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Richard Widmark received the kiss of death on this day 10 years ago, aged 93.

 

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The award-winning screenwriter Abby Mann died at the age of 80, 10 years ago today.

 

Obviously, it's a very sad occasion that he passed away, but the lovely Charlotte Green on Radio 4 made some light of the situation when reading out his obituary during her news segment:

 

 

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WTF was going on there?

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Apparently her producer was cracking jokes in her earpiece about the "bees" sound of the recording, having not twigged she'd moved onto an obit.

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1 hour ago, Toast said:

WTF was going on there?

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No more compositions to make for Claude Debussy after this day 100 years ago, aged 55.

 

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No more plays for Sir Noel Coward after this day 45 years ago, aged 73.

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No more winters of discontent as ex-PM Jim Callaghan passed away aged 92, 13 years ago today.

 

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Singer-songwriter Nikki Sudden died sud unexpectedly of a heart attack, aged 49 back in 2006. He was the brother of Epic Soundtracks, who also died young (38) 9  1/2 years earlier.

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Curtains closed for Sarah Bernhardt on this day 95 years ago, aged 78.

 

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Today in 2002 was the list's best day.

We didn't get one, not two, but THREE hits on the day of March 27, 2002.

They were Dudley Moore (66), Milton Berle (93), and Billy Wilder (95).

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