Death Anniversary Thread

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American politician George Wallace died on this day 25 years ago, aged 79. He served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms. He is notoriously remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During Wallace's tenure as Governor of Alabama, he promoted "industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools." Wallace sought the United States presidency as a Democratic Party candidate three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, being unsuccessful each time. Wallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."

 

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On this day 1 year ago, French/Swiss motion picture director Jean-Luc Godard, who directed the films "Breathless" and "Hail Mary", passed away at the age of 91.

 

Photo Credit: Gary Stevens per Creative Commons license

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On this day 2 years ago, American jazz impresario George Wein, who was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, passed away at the age of 95.

 

Photo Credit: digboston per Creative Commons license

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Perez Prado died on this day 34 years ago, aged 72.

- Born in Cuba, Prado moved to Mexico in 1949, forming his own band. He would adapt Cuban danzón music into more upbeat mambo music- he would often incorporate him shouting "Dilo" ("Say it") into his songs.

- Shortly after his emigration, he composed one of his most famous works... ladies and gentlemen, this is "Mambo No. 5":

 

- Mambo would soon become a worldwide musical trend, and Prado had a number-one in the US and UK in 1955 with his rendition of "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)":

 

(#1 in the UK for two weeks, but ten weeks in the US (and was 1955's best-selling single))

- Prado was also known for his 1958 song "Patricia"- this was the final song to top Billboard's "Most Played By Jockeys" chart before it was scrapped in favor of the Hot 100 chart.

- Prado was deported from Mexico in 1953- a rumor has persisted claiming it was because he made a mambo version of Mexico's national anthem, but in actuality someone reported him for not having a work permit. He would be able to return to Mexico in 1964, where he resided until his death.

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American blues, jazz and gospel singer Johnny Adams died on this day 25 years ago, aged 66.

 

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Pope Adrian VI was born in Utrecht, and died 500 years ago in Rome at the age of 64, he spent only one year, eight months and six days as pope, he was ridiculed by the people of Rome in the Pasquino, and the Romans, who had never liked a The only Dutchman to date to become pope, he was the last non-Italian pope until Pope John Paul II, 455 years later.

 

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On this day 1 years ago Greek actress Irene Papas, who starred in the movies "Z" and "The Trojan Women", passed away at the age of 93.

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On this day 1 year ago, American actor Henry Silva, who starred in the 1960 film "Ocean's Eleven" and the 1962 film "The Manchurian Candidate", passed away at the age of 95.

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American actress who became the princess of Monaco Grace Kelly died on this day 41 years ago, aged 52. She made her film debut in Fourteen Hours (1951) and gained stardom from her roles in Fred Zinnemann's western film High Noon (1952), and John Ford's adventure-romance Mogambo (1953), the later of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954). Other notable works include the war film The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), the romantic comedy High Society (1956), and three Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955).

 

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Abraham Clark died on this day 229 years ago, aged 68.

- Originally a farmer, Clark entered New Jersey politics, becoming the high sheriff of Essex County in 1775.

- In 1776, Clark became one of the state's delegates to the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence:

(his signature is at the bottom of this snippet)

- Clark would be an on-and-off member of the Continental Congress from that time until 1788.

- While attending the Annapolis Convention in 1786, Clark formally made the motion for a congress to draft the United States Constitution (James Madison recalled this in an 1804 letter).

- From 1778 to 1791, Clark was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council- the predecessor to the state's Senate.

- In 1790, Clark would be elected to the US House of Representatives, and remained a congressman until his death (reportedly from heatstroke).

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American jazz singer Johnny Hartman died on this day 40 years ago, aged 60.

 

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Gian Francesco Albani was born and died in Rome, he died 220 years ago at the age of 83, he was Bishop of Ostia-Velletri and Dean of the College of Cardinals. For his 56 years as cardinal, he is considered to have had one of the longest cardinalates in history and the longest deanship.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Francesco_Albani

Joseph Plateau was born in Brussels and died in Ghent at the age of 81 140 years ago. He was a Belgian physicist and mathematician and was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this, he used counter-rotating disks with drawn images repeated in small increments of movement on one and regularly spaced slits on the other. He called this 1832 device the phenakistiscope

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Plateau

phenakistiscope

Giuseppe Puglisi was born and died in Palermos, he died 30 years ago at the age of 56, he was an Italian priest, murdered by the mafia for his work preventing delinquency and drugs among young people.

 

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American actor, musician, and singer Harry Dean Stanton died on this day 6 years ago, aged 91. His career spanned for more than six decades. Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), and Inland Empire (2006). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).

 

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Tomas de Torquemada died on this day 525 years ago, aged 77.

- A friar of the Dominican order from a young age, Torquemada would become the religious advisor to King Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain in the 1470s.

- Fearful of the increasing influence of Spanish Jews and Muslims, Torquemada successfully lobbied the monarchs to get Pope Sixtus IV to allow the establishment of a Holy Office for the Propagation of the Faith in 1478, thus beginning...

 

- Torquemada would become the Grand Inquisitor of Spain in 1483, a position he would hold for the last 15 years of his life. As Grand Inquisitor, Torquemada would establish over 20 tribunal offices in the country.

- Torquemada was known for his cruel punishments towards those accused of not being Catholic in order to get their confessions (even if they were Christians)- these included waterboarding and burning people alive. Torquemada was personally responsible for the deaths of around 2,000 people, and complaints were sent to the pope from other inquisitors criticizing his ruthlessness.

- By 1494, Torquemada was in failing health, which led Pope Alexander VI to send people to help him run the Spanish Inquisition. He would soon retire to a monastery, where he would be interred; his bones were reportedly stolen in 1832.

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Philip III of Navarre died 680 years ago in Jerez de la Frontera, was count of Évreux and king consort of Navarre

Catarina Jagelão was born in Kraków and died 440 years ago at the age of 56, in Stockholm, she was the first wife of King John III and Queen Consort of Sweden from 1568 until his death, she had great influence on state affairs during her husband's reign, including negotiating with the Pope to introduce counter-reformation in Sweden

Víctor Jara was born in San Ignacio, Chile and died in Santiago 50 years ago at the age of 40, he was a teacher, theater director, poet, singer, composer, musician and political activist. Jara was arrested, tortured and shot. His body was abandoned on the street of a favela in Santiago

 

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American educator and psychologist Leonard Carmichael died on this day 50 years ago, aged 74.

 

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American actress, singer, and dancer Jane Powell died on this day 2 years ago, aged 92. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage, performing in the musicals A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).

 

[John "요한" Sulu 376]

On this day 2 years ago, American singer, dancer, and actress Jane Powell, who starred in the movies "Royal Wedding" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", passed away at the age of 92.

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1 hour ago, John "요한" Sulu said:

On this day 2 years ago, American singer, dancer, and actress Jane Powell, who starred in the movies "Royal Wedding" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", passed away at the age of 92.

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Judah Loew ben Bezalel died on this day 414 years ago, aged ~89.

- Loew is sometimes referred to as the "Maharal"- this is an acronym of Moreinu ha-Rav Loew ("Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew").

- Loew became the regional rabbi of Moravia in 1553; a position he held for the next 20 years. The local cardinal saw the taxes he and his congregation paid as necessary to fund the Holy Roman Empire's involvement in the Thirty Years' War.

- In 1588, Loew moved back to his home city of Prague, and would preach to Emperor Rudolf II in 1592; Rudolf was fascinated by kabbalah- Jewish understanding of the relationship between God and the universe.

- Loew's beliefs included that nature is uniform and randomness would indicate a lack of God's omnipotence, and the support of scientific study should it not contradict the Torah or Bible.

- Also in 1592, Loew was elected as the chief rabbi of Poland. He retired shortly before his death, returning to Prague.

- Loew is best known for a legend regarding his creation of a golem to protect the Prague ghetto from antisemitic attacks- allegedly, he built it out of clay from the riverbanks of the Vltava River and named it Josef. A recent rumor purports that during World War II, a Nazi agent went up to the Prague synagogue's attack and died under mysterious circumstances immediately after- that attack is allegedly where the golem still remains. The legend has been adapted into film, most notably in the 1920 movie The Golem: How He Came into the World (the earliest film to hold a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes):

 

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Its 21 years since the death of Denys Fisher, aged 84. An engineer by trade, he joined the family firm after dropping out of Leeds University, before setting out on his own in 1960, with Denys Fisher Engineering, which won a NATO contract to produce springs for a cannon shell fuse the following year. The financial security of this contract allowed him to  pursue another project which had been a passion for some time, namely the production of intricate symmetrical patterns using cogs and gears. This ultimately lead to the invention of the Spirograph, which became a worldwide hit, selling more than 100 millions units by the time of his death.

 

The company was sold to Palitoy in 1970, then to Hasbro, and produced toys, often with TV tie-ins, such as Doctor Who figures, and board games, also often TV-related, such as the On The Buses and George and Mildred board games. Fisher continued to work with Hasbro to refine Spirograph and develop new ideas.

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Aw, I had Spirograph.  I wish I still had it.

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American easy listening arranger and composer Hugo Winterhalter died on this day 50 years ago, aged 64.

 

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Franz Xaver Süßmayr was born in Schwanenstadt and died in Vienna 220 years ago, he was an Austrian composer, friend and possible disciple of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, best known for having completed his last and unfinished work, the Requiem. He died of Tuberculosis

 

 

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39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 Spiro Agnew died on this day 27 years ago, aged 77. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign the position, the first being John C. Calhoun in 1832. He also served as the 55th Governor of Maryland, serving from 1967 to 1969. He died from undiagnosed acute leukemia.

 

 

American entertainer Red Skelton died on this day 26 years ago, aged 84. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.