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2 hours ago, The Unknown Man said:

Wally Schirra took his last step on the moon on this day 11 years ago, aged 84.


 

That would indicate he died  on  the moon.  Now that would be cool....and to be the first buried there.

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Everything stopped being so nice for Jane Bowles on this day 45 years ago, aged 56.

 

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No more rainy nights for Eddie Rabbitt after this day 20 years ago, aged 56.

 

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Eddy Arnold made his world go away after this day 10 years ago, aged 89.

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gilles villeneuve quit advertising shit and pumping carbon into the atmosphere 36 years ago, aged 32.

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Paul Gauguin painted his last nude Tahitian teenager 110 years ago (54).


 

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Robert A. Heinlein was a stranger in a strange land on this day 30 years ago, aged 80.

 

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Goodnight for Alice Faye on this day 20 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Extra-bad hair day for Vidal Sassoon 6 years ago, aged 84.

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Tommy Burns (here pictured with your mother) died today in 1955. The shortest heavyweight boxing champion in history, he was also the first white boxer prepared to regularly fight black opponents and was the man dethroned by Jack Johnson as world champ. His real name was Noah Brusso but he changed it to appeal to Scottish-American immigrants.

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George Vancouver was an explorer who traveled....well I'll let you guess where Vancouver traveled.  Died 220 years ago at a mere 40 years old.

 

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1 if by land, 2 if by sea, and the one that's forgotten -- 3 if by hearse, Paul Revere's last ride through Boston was 200 years ago (83).
 

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NO NO, not THAT Paul Revere you fekkin idiot.... the OTHER Paul Revere!

 

 

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No more KOs for Floyd Patterson after this day 12 years ago, aged 71.

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Seventeen years since Marlon Brando died aged 22. Not Richard Pryor's roly-poly fuckbuddy, but Marlon Brando from beloved misogynistic one-hit wonders Sporty Thievz, who weren't a big fan of pigeons. Was killed by a deli delivery van.

 

 

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The end of the universe for Douglas Adams, 17 years ago, aged 49.

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Dottie Rambo would not glory anything more after this day 10 years ago, aged 74.

 

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Noel Redding became experienced...in the afterlife, 15 years ago (57).
 

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Frances Marion escaped from The Big House on this day 45 years ago, aged 84.

 

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On this day 13th May in 1961 legendary American film actor Gary Cooper died aged 60 from cancer. 

Gary Cooper was born in Montana on the 7th of May 1901. He started acting in 1925 and his first big break as a movie star came in 1929 in The Virginian. 

The studios had him pegged for heroic roles and carved out an  image for him as the ideal american hero. His onscreen persona and his authentic, natural, understated acting style meant he appealed strongly to both male and female cinema goers which was a dream for the film studios.  The many films he starred in included 

 

A farewell to arms (1932) based on the semi autobiographical writings of Ernest Hemingway were he played an american serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. A romantic wartime drama were he was paired up with Helen Hayes. 

Now and forever (1934) alongside Carole Lombard and a very young Shirley Temple. Cooper plated the role of a criminal father trying to go straight for the sake of his daughter played by a 6/7 year old Shirley Temple. 

 

 

Sergeant York (1941) directed by the legendary Howard Hawks. A biographical film of much decorated american soldier Alvin York. 

 

Ball of fire (1941) a screwball comedy with Barbara Stanwyck. 

 

Love in the afternoon (1957) A Billy Wilder directed romantic comedy alongside iconic leading lady Audrey Hepburn. 

 

He won two oscars. One for High Noon in 1953 and one for Sergeant York in 1942. 

 

Random facts about Gary Cooper include :

 

His name was Frank Cooper but there were other actors registered with the union under this name and variations of it so he chose the name Gary after a town in Indiana were he spent much of his upbringing apparently. 

 

He is thought to have had a brief affair with Marlene Dietrich during the filming of Morocco in 1930.

 

Whilst married he had a stormy affair with actress Patricia Beal who later claimed he hit her after she went on a date with Kirk Douglas and also accused him of arranging for her to have an abortion when she fell pregnant by him (Cooper not Douglas!) 

During a period of separation from his wife he is rumoured to have bedded Grace Kelly. 

 

When it was announced he was terminally ill he received telegrams from the Pope and Queen Elizabeth the second and a telephone call from JFK. 

 

A number of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the library of congress  as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. 

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If the forum had been around in 1961, this appearance by Jimmy Stewart to accept a Honorary Oscar for Cooper in April 1961 would have set alarms ringing. Def Windy/Cup pick, historically.

 

 

 

Indeed, it did back then, next day the papers announced that he was terminally ill.

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Frank Sinatra came to the end of the way on this day 20 years ago, aged 82.

 

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What day is it where you live?

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21 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

What day is it where you live?

You live in central time like me, right? Well, the U.K. is 6 hours ahead of us, so it’s already a new day there...

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Another one of the all-time great character actors, Hugh Griffith, died today in 1980. What a face:

 

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Stanley Kunitz became a Dead Poet on this day 12 years ago, aged 100.

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