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David Niven took the stairway to death on this day 35 years ago, aged 73.

 

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Smile for a while and let's be jolly, death shouldn't be so melancholy; Lynn Anderson died 3 years ago today, aged 67.

 

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Buffalo Bob Smith became a puppet on this day 20 years ago, aged 80.

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‘Became a puppet’?  Seriously, just put ‘died’ if you aren’t going to try a little harder than that.

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5 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

‘Became a puppet’?  Seriously, just put ‘died’ if you aren’t going to try a little harder than that.

Haven’t you heard? Whenever someone dies they become a puppet. I’m sure being a puppet is fun. :P 

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Claudette Colbert's death happened one night today in 1996.

 

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Ingmar Bergman checkmated 11 years ago today aged 89.

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No more Rock and Roll for Sam Phillips on this day 15 years ago, aged 80.

 

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It’s been one year since Jerome Golmard died: 02FEFD45-9D2C-4872-A249-AD4FE6423138.jpeg.405dd7a39bf48e708bcc5b78884a8200.jpeg

And from that point on, Golden Slumbers became the favorite to win the DDP...

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Michael Ansara, who played Klingon Commander Kang on Star Trek, died on this day 5 years ago, aged 91.

 

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Cilla's world turned Black on this day 3 years ago, aged 72.

 

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King Henry III of France died on this day 429 years ago, aged 37. His assassin Jacques Clément was killed a day before

 

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Lambchop became an orphan after Shari Lewis died today 20 years ago, aged 65.

 

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35 years ago today the other Carolyn Jones snapped her fingers and left the set for the last time, aged 53.

 

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Jeanne Calment shocked everyone by dying aged 122, 21 years ago today.

 

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Victor Mature received the Kiss of Death on this day 19 years ago, aged 86.

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Stella Liebeck assumed room temperature (before her coffee ever did) on this day 14 years ago, aged 91.

 

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Luther Perkins walked the line on this day 50 years ago, aged 40.

 

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Part of my ongoing quest to mark the death anniversaries of every 20th century character actor: Brion James (Blade Runner, Fifth Element, 48 Hours, literally any movie in the final two decades of the last millennium that needed a corrupt cop, soldier or thug) died today in 1999 aged 54.

 

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No one burned Sir Thomas Fleming in effigy 405 years ago (69).
 

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius, the father of analytical chemistry, and discoverer of a number of elements including thorium and silicon, died 170 years ago (68).
 

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Red Adair was extinguished on this day 14 years ago, aged 89.

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Glen Campbell went into an eternal Southern Night on this day 1 year ago, aged 81.

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