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Final set for Alice Marble on this day 30 years ago, aged 77.

 

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Roger Maris died on this day 35 years ago, aged 51.

 

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Its 57 years since there were no more days to make a difference for Dinah Washington, as she died aged 39

 

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142 years ago, Alfred Bird, Chemist, died aged 67. He was the inventor of baking powder and the eponymous custard powder

 

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Sitting Bull was lying down on this day 130 years ago, aged 59.

 

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The real Colonel Sanders was finger-lickin' dead on this day 40 years ago, aged 90.

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He somewhat lives on as the company's mascot.

 

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End of the game for Johnny Moss on this day 25 years ago, aged 88.

 

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The broadcast ended for Jack Anderson on this day 15 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Twenty years ago Kirsty MacColl was killed by a speedboat after surfacing from a dive, aged 41.

 

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1 hour ago, time said:

Twenty years ago Kirsty MacColl was killed by a speedboat after surfacing from a dive, aged 41.

 

I've just noticed the name of the record label in the corner ...

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DeathList lost its Biggs-est supporter on this day 7 years ago (aged 84).

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The story ended for Anne Revere on this day 30 years ago, aged 87.

 

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Alois Alzheimer, discoverer of Alzheimer's disease, died on this day 105 years ago, aged 51.

 

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Actress Madge Sinclair died on this day 25 years ago, aged 57.

 

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Its 6 years since Udo Jürgens finally walked away, aged 80. He represented Austria three times at the Eurovision Song Contest with his own compositions, coming sixth with Warum, nur Warum, in 1964, fourth with Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen in 1965 and won with Merci, Chérie in 1966. He also wrote Shirley Bassey's 1961 number one Reach for the Stars.

 

 

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End of the story for F. Scott Fitzgerald on this day 80 years ago, aged 44.

 

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American singer D. Boon died on this day 35 years ago, aged 27.

 

 

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Seven years ago today, deathlist.net died for a while (rumoured to be because we'd used up all our bandwidth allocation).

 

While that was happening Mikhail Kalashnikov's death, aged 94, was announced.

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End of the music for Victor Borge on this day 20 years ago, aged 91.

 

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American composer Alec Wilder died on this day 40 years ago, aged 73.

 

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End of the cool for Dean Martin on this day 25 years ago, aged 78.

 

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Heinrich Schliemann, who rediscovered Troya, died on this day 130 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Pianist Shura Cherkassky died on this day 25 years ago, aged 84.

 

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Five years ago today, Lemmy died, thus sending loads of DDP subs into play.

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Lights out for Jerry Orbach on this day 16 years ago, aged 69.

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(Orbach voiced Lumiere in the 1991 Beauty and the Beast.)

 

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