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Stories ended for Edith Wharton on this day 80 years ago, aged 75.

 

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Merv Griffin would not be right back after this message 10 years ago, aged 82.

 

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English painter William Blake became a member of the original '27 Club'.....1827 that is, 190 years ago, age  69.
 

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Henry Fonda was carried away by 6 angry men this day 35 years ago, age 77.

 

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HOLY COW -- Phil Rizzuto died this day 10 years ago, age 89

 

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And keeping the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry going, Johnny Pesky died this same day 5 years ago, age 93.

 

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Brooke Astor, broken on this day 10 years ago, aged 105.

 

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Former U.S. First Lady, Margaret Taylor, died on this day 165 years ago, aged 73.

 

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Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame died this day 25 years ago, age 88.

 

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The greatest ever ten-pin bowler, Earl Anthony, split today in 2001

 

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Bob Birch killed himself on this day 5 years ago, aged 56.

 

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Out, out, brief candle!
Macbeth, King of Scotland - 960 years ago, approx age 42.
 

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End of the Jailhouse Rock for Elvis Presley on this day 40 years ago, aged 42.

 

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Joao Havelange has taken his last bribe at 100 on this day, 1 year ago today.

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10 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Joao Havelange has taken his last bribe at 100 on this day, 1 year ago today.

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As someone who was on my dreadful 2013 DDP team, you can imagine my shock that he was actually able to die.

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John II Megas Komnenos (John II of Trebizond) died 720 years ago, age (approx) 35.
I was intrigued by the 'of Trebizond', having never heard of Trebizond, and now I learned me sumptin.  It's in the region of modern day Turkey.
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The world became a cleanest place with the death of Rudolf Hess on this day 30 years ago, aged 93.

 

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Genghis Khan died on this day 790 years ago, aged 65.

 

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Indian radical, national hero, big ol' racist and Penfold lookalike Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash/was kidnapped by Commies and tortured to death today in 1945

 

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Groucho Marx died 40 years ago today...

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Tony Scott stopped being unstoppable on this day 5 years ago, aged 68.

 

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The jokes ended for Phyllis Diller on this day 5 years ago, aged 95.

 

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The Queen of Mean, Leona Helmsley, thought that her dying this day 10 years ago (age 87) would make people stop thinking she was a cunt.  She was wrong.
 

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