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25 years since Freddie Mercury was stopped, aged 45.

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Fuck, that means I've forgotten my grand nephew's birthday again.

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And somewhat overshadowed, Kiss drummer Eric Carr died the same day, aged 41.

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Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun - 100 years ago this very day!

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Hank Mann had never spoken and now it was too late this day 45 years ago, aged 83.

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Jack Albertson (Chico & the Man, Charlie's dad in Willie Wonka...) - 35 years.

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Theobald Boehm, perfectionist of the Western concert flute, died on this day 135 years ago:

 

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Jack Albertson (Chico & the Man, Charlie's dad in Willie Wonka...) - 35 years.

 

Granddad not dad.

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Tommy Dorsey died on this day 60 years ago:

 

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Clement Studabaker - 115 years

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Lotte Lenya died on this day 35 years ago:

 

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30 years ago today Steve Tracy died of Aids

 

He played Percival the husband of Nellie Oleson on the tv show Little House on the Prairie

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16 years ago Malcolm Bradbury became history, man, aged 68.

 

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He walked passed me once when I was at UEA sometime in the 1990s. That's all that I have to say...

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Lotte Lenya died on this day 35 years ago:

 

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Do we know the whereabouts of Mack and his knife at the time? :sherlock:

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Lotte Lenya died on this day 35 years ago:

 

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Do we know the whereabouts of Mack and his knife at the time? :sherlock:

 

 

I hear he was on the sidewalk.

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I know it's been 6 years but for Leslie Nielsen who died this day aged 84 I'm allowed to break with convention surely?

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Rosalind Russell died on this day 40 years ago:

 

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Pope Gregory III -- 1275 years.

He was the 5th Syrian pope and the 10th and last pope born outside of Europe until the election of Pope Francis in 2013, which was 1,272 years later

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It's been 30 years since deathlist was born, with Cary Grant dying at 82 years old.

 

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All things must pass and so it was for George Harrison this day 15 years ago, aged 58.

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