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American bandleader Isham Jones died on this day 65 years ago, aged 62.

 

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Muammar Gaddafi died on this day 10 years ago, aged 69.

 

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It's seven years since form Aussie PM Gough Whitlam died, aged 98.

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Austrian author and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler died on this day 90 years ago, aged 69.

 

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Canadian-American character actor Ivor Francis died on this day 35 years ago, aged 67.

 

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Pete Burns answered the question Dead Or Alive, 5 years ago today. 

 

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Italian professional motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli died on this 10 years ago, aged 24.

 

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6 hours ago, The Ashes Urn said:

Italian professional motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli died on this 10 years ago, aged 24.

 

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Jesus, I did not think that was 10 years ago, hell of a rider, would have won multiple world championships by now.

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American television screenwriter, producer and creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 70.

 

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German-American impresario and rock concert promoter, Bill Graham, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 60.

 

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American sprint runner Jackson Scholz died on this day 35 years ago, aged 89.

 

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American baseball player Joe Niekro died on this day 15 years ago, aged 61.

 

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American actor and comedian Morey Amsterdam died on this day 25 years ago, aged 87.

 

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American songwriter and poet Abel Meeropol died on this day 35 years ago, aged 83.

 

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American sculptor, writer and educator Lorado Taft died on this day 85 years ago, aged 76.

 

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Hungarian-born American illusionist Harry Houdini died on this day 95 years ago, aged 52.

 

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American actress, film director and screenwriter Adrienne Shelly died on this day 15 years ago, aged 40.

 

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American film and television producer and director, Irwin Allen, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 75.

 

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Central African political and military leader Jean-Bédel Bokassa died on this day 25 years ago, aged 75.

 

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American author Ernestine Gilbreth Carey died on this day 15 years ago, aged 98.

 

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American actor Fred MacMurray died on this day 30 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Charles X, King of France, died on this day 185 years ago, aged 79.

 

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American writer,  historian and philosopher Will Durant died on this day 40 years ago, aged 96.

 

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American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film and television scores, Basil Poledouris, died on this day 15 years ago, aged 61.

 

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